Reflections

 18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 King James Version

¹⁸Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 NASB

Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day in the United States.  Dr. King’s speech “I Have a Dream” is one of the most famous speeches in the history of the United States.  What makes it such an inspiring speech is the dream that Dr. King lays out for future generations.  His dreams were big and inspired many African-Americans even today.  We need dreams.  We need to have vision, without vision the people perish.

Unfortunately, today in the church we have focused so much on the end times and talk about the world coming to the end.  We point to things like natural disasters and other troubles of the world.  We speak of judgment, destruction and God’s wrath.  It doesn’t faze us when horrific things happen because we are expecting the worse because the end is near.

Jesus told the apostles that only the Father knows the day and time of Jesus’ return.  We should expect Jesus’ return but we are not to stop having a vision for our future.  We cannot resign ourselves to this idea that the world is going to end any day so we shouldn’t hope and dream.  Even at the end of the book of Revelation we are given a vision of the new heaven and new earth.

It is our responsibility to continue dreaming and creating vision for our lives and future generations.  We need to speak the future just like Dr. King spoke.  We need to see a better future for generations to come and speak into the next generation.  We should never assume a generation will be the last generation but we should always look forward giving vision and hope to the future.  Our children need it because without vision they will no longer restrain themselves and destruction will come upon them.

What is your vision?  Are you speaking into the future of today’s youth for a better tomorrow?  God made us to be dreamers.  He created us to be visionaries.  So let our dreams and visions live on as we wait for Jesus’ return.