Instead of the pastor pulling and pushing, the people have a common sense of destiny. I was over, more than 60,000 patents had been issued. Today the number runs in the millions. We read this person's letter and think, How shortsighted. Whoever wrote that letter clearly lacked vision.
Vision is a buzzword in church leadership today.
Vision is not what we dream about during a Sunday afternoon nap or after eating spicy chili after 10 p.m. When pastors look for a vision for their church through these methods, they run a real chance of shipwrecking their church's future. Vision, as modeled in Scripture and throughout church history, came as God's people saw the needs around them and then sought God for what He wanted them to do. They saw in their mind a future that was preferred more than the present. And their vision propelled them forward to do courageous things.