When terms like vision and values are mentioned, some argue that we are introducing the world’s thinking into God’s work.
I have some sympathy with that as management-speak is all around us and it is easy to do things for wrong reasons. But it is hard to believe that vision is not involved in Jesus’s statement to go into all the world to make disciples. That is a huge vision and one which many feel we may have lost. Paul’s vision clearly drove him into Asia Minor and on into Greece and beyond, so that people of every nation should hear the gospel.
The need for balance
Sometimes a vision is set and then remains set in stone. We decided to do that and that’s how it’s going to be until the Lord returns. One thing is clear from Paul’s ministry is that he set himself to move in certain directions but was always prepared to listen to God’s voice and change the plan. His call to Macedonia was clear evidence of that.
