I recently heard of
a TV series “The Walking Dead” and something struck my mind.
How can a dead
person be walking? Maybe with the African belief that dead people sometimes hang
around for a little while before going to heaven - what a myth!
However, I discovered
that it is very possible to have dead people walking, talking and even going
about normal day to day business. To be dead means no longer alive.
My own definition
of a walking dead is that sane person without a specific, tangible vision for
his/her life. The essence of life is not
the life itself, but the things to do with the life we have. Many of us live
life the way it comes. We are so engrossed in the African mythical belief of “whatever
happens has been destined” – NO SIR/MA!
Bible says in Hab
2:2 Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that
readeth it.
The direction your
life will go is dependent upon the vision you have for your life. Joseph Edward
Murphy said “we go where our vision is”. Only the livings have visions, the
dead don’t. So a man that is alive but has no vision could as well be called a
living dead.
Sam Walton said “capital
isn’t scarce, vision is”.
God has a vision
and sending Jesus to die on the cross was part of the vision. It was the vision
that gave Jesus hope to endure the pain and despise the shame. It got to a
point Jesus was almost saying “I can’t do this no more” but when he thought
about the whole picture (the vision), he said “God’s will be done”.
Wait, what is
vision? Vision is your own picture of what the future is going to look like. A dead
man can’t do this any more. So if you do not have a picture of what your
tomorrow would look like, you are a walking dead. Vision makes living worth it.
What is your vision
for your life; for your marriage; for your career; for your business; for your ministry?
What do you want to become?
My prayer is that
every vision will receive life in Jesus Name. Amen!
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