Fifth Post

I know there is an often quoted scripture that states that without vision people will perish. But I also want to be an advocate for the cause of those who have not formed a compelling life vision. I believe sometimes God can purposely not provide for us with the focus or the vision we're asking for: lest we run off to begin to fulfill something we have not been prepared to carry out to completion. I think of John the Baptist, who by some recollection we would say was raised in the Qumran community amongst those who studied and copied God's word. When he emerged on the scene and began to announce the coming of the Messiah, though that is the first that the public had seen of him, it was not the first that God knew of him. God was at work preparing his heart and his life for over 30 years for a ministry that most likely lasted no more than six months.
To have a vision that cannot be fulfilled would be torture, to be preparing for a calling where the preparation stage takes most of a persons life does not make for a compelling calling.