Did you know that August is National Eye Exam Month? I remember my first eye exam. It came my Freshman year in college. During the first few weeks of school, I sat in the back of 400 and 500-student classrooms; and I could not see what was being presented. I’m ashamed to say that wasn’t a big deal. Then, I missed a few fly balls on the softball field. That got my attention! I went to the eye doctor, whose first question was, “Is your vision blurry?” I responded, “No.” Then, we started clicking through different corrective lenses. “Oh,” I had to admit, “I guess it was!”
Shortly after that, Present George H.W. Bush was up for re-election in 1992. In the campaign, he had derisively dismissed “the vision thing,” virtually assuring his defeat by voters who perceived him to be visionless. And so “Vision” entered the lexicon of the average person.
Many in business renewed their focus on Vision. In case after case, the outcome of vision-development efforts resulted in human-created visions rather than people seeking God’s vision. It’s sad to say, but while most believers know about the concept of vision, few have God’s vision in place in their life and ministry.
Click here for a summary of George Barna’s The Power of Vision: Discover and Apply God’s Plan for Your Life and Ministry