In her dream God asked that she consider sacrificing her eyes for those who cannot see.  After she got over the shock of his request, I asked her to consider that God was testing her faith asking her to give up her vision, her view, represented by her eyes but truly reflecting the way she sees her life vs. what He would have her see.  It made sense to her as she had never sacrificed her point of view in exchange for God’s Will.  Additionally, she saw how this would give vision to the blind, who could not yet see Christ, through her obedient witness, in effect giving them her vision.  She teared up as I reminded her that she was never as happy as when she was involved in serving God.

It is simple, this old world.  We want it complex for in its complexity we may hide in the tall grass of perpetual misunderstanding.  Doing the work of God for a Christian is our purpose, yet we confuse it with the complex principles behind a “calling” or a mission field.  Life is its own meaning.  Living it today, loving those around me today, resolving the problems associated with today is my purpose, today.  Tomorrow, perhaps God will send me on some fanciful mission to set the captives free from Egypt, but for today feeding, clothing, praying for, healing and encouraging people is simply my job for the Kingdom.  I wish sometimes that I were some prophet, pastor or warrior with a great big task set before me that will help shape eternity, but all things considered I would rather be a simple man, with a simple plan and a measureable duty upon which I can dedicate all my energy, focus and understanding.  You see God told us all to create disciples, so that is simply God’s Will for all our lives.  His vision vs. mine.

I don’t like watching the churches that are teaching sound doctrine, dwindle, but that is what God says would happen.  I don’t like seeing mega churches grow as businesses, watering down the word and delivering packaged programs intent on entertaining parishioners and keeping their butts in the pew seats.  You see it is simple, we were never meant to sit still.  We are meant to become disciples and go forth as preachers, teachers, witnesses and care-givers, delivering the Gospel to the four corners of the world.  We are not intended to become cogs in a mission to achieve maximum church expansion, burgeoning church roles or as sources of fixed incoming revenue.  The work of a Christian has always been out there, in the world.  Jesus demonstrated that example as he daily went out seeking the lost, blind, lame and disenfranchised, separating himself nightly to prayer and communion with the Father.  His thoughts are complex but the vision is simple, any attempt on my part to complicate it is serving other gods.

So what do I do now that I know his vision is different then my own?  Well it’s simple.