Day 11, January 13, 2021
Today’s focus: Vision For My Life
If you open up your heart to God in prayer, He will give you vision and clarity for your life.
The world does not see God clearly, that is why God wants us to have clarity and vision for what He will do in and through us.
Habakkuk 1:2-4 (NIV)
How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save?
3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
Habakkuk was watching the wrong news. He was watching world events, yet God let’s him know that He had control over this.
Habakkuk questions God.
Theme verse: Habakkuk 2:1 (NLT)
I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guard post.
There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how he[will answer my complaint.
With all that is going on in the world, what are we going to do? We are doing it today. We are getting up early and praying!
We need to fast and keep our focus on Him. We need to cling to Him for His favor.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NIV)
2 Then the Lord replied: Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets
so that a herald may run with it.3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time;
it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it;
it] will certainly come and will not delay.
We need to relax and know that God has a plan.
Two perspectives of knowing God has a plan - Turn down the competing voices and tune into God’s Word.
climb to the watchtower and wait. Psalm 46:1. Be still and know that He is God. There are weapons of mass distractions. There are many competing voices for your time.
The quieter you become the more you will hear.
Habakkuk says “I will look to see.” How do you do this? Looking into God’s word.
We need to turn down some things and tune into God’s Word.
Mark 8:22-25 (NIV)
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.
Jesus led the man away from all of the competing voices.
The man has lost his eyesight, but once more Jesus laid his hands upon Him.
Let that be our prayer.. “Once more Lord Jesus, touch me and give me clarity and vision for my life. Let my eyes be opened. We worship you today!”
