For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams, visions of the night, when deep sleep fall on people as a lie in their beds. Job 33:14–15 (NLT)
Do you have a solid vision for the future?
Your vision is more than just a bunch of words on a page—that is your mission statement or motto. It’s more than a strategy or a set of steps towards a goal—that is the plan for achieving that vision. A vision is an actual picture of the future. And vision helps to bring about the future you want.
Vision is developed during the quiet time you set aside to think. In thinking about where you want your life to go, you create pictures in your imagination. These pictures can cause you to reach towards new goals, stretching your faith to believe for more than what you’re currently experiencing.
Many find that the time right before going to sleep or right after waking is a great time for meditation. At this time, you are not fully coherent and your brain is no longer restrained with problem-focused thinking. Others find that it happens when they are doing an activity that relaxes them or when they take the time to quietly watch the flow of their organizations at work.
As you go into the new year, make time to meditate and get God-breathed vision. Then take a vision to the next step by writing it down, making it even clearer so you can run with it.