C.A.C Living Water Daily Devotional For April 26, 2024 : Topic – YOU AND YOUR VISION (I)

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

DATE: Friday, April 26, 2024

(World Intellectual Property Day)

TOPIC: YOU AND YOUR VISION (I)

MEMORISE

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint, but happy is he who keeps the law (Proverbs 29:18).

READ: Habakkuk 2:1-3

[1]. I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.

[2]. Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.

[3]. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

EXPOSITION

Life becomes meaningful and purposeful when you know what you are living for, and where you are heading to. Vision is the ability to picture the future from where you are. So, to have a vision is to have foresight with the knowledge of what you want to accomplish. If a man lacks vision, he lacks direction of purpose. _Where there is no vision, the people perish…_ (Prov. 29:18a KJV). God told Habakkuk to write the vision and make it plain on tablets that he may run who reads it (Hab. 2:2). To make your vision achievable, it has to be broken into attainable forms.

The first thing to do is to write it down. Writing down vision implies defining it in the achievable format. Through writing, a clear and visible image of the future can be well captured. Writing is the best way to retain a thought. There is the tendency to forget what has been captured in the memory, but whatever is documented is more durable. The LORD instructed Habakkuk, _Write the vision and make it plain on tablets_ (Hab. 2:2a). He is telling you the same thing, even as today marks World Intellectual Property Day. Do you have the vision for your life, home, ministry, career, etc. clearly spelt out? Do it now!

PRAYER POINTS

1. Lord Jesus, open the eyes of my mind to visualise the glorious future You have for my life.

2. I receive divine energy to fulfil my God-given mandate here on earth, in Jesus’ name.

3. Dear Lord, help our leaders in all facets to lead rightly in line with God’s direction and purpose in focus.

SUGGESTED HYMN FOR TODAY

CAC GHB: 475

1. Open my eyes, that I may see

Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me;

Place in my hands the wonderful key

That shall unclasp and set me free.

Silently now I wait for Thee,

Ready, my God, Thy will to see;

Open my eyes, illumine me,

Spirit Divine!

2. Open my ears, that I may hear

Voices of truth Thou sendest clear;

And while the wave-notes fall on my ear

Everything false will disappear.

Silently now I wait for Thee

Ready, my God, Thy will to see

Open my ears, illumine me,

Spirit Divine!

3. Open my mouth, and let me hear

Gladly the warm truth everywhere,

Open my heart and let me prepare.

Love with Thy children thus to share

Silently now I wait for Thee,

Ready, my God, Thy will to see;

Open my heart, illumine me,

Spirit Divine!

4. Open my mind, that I may read

More of Thy love in word and deed;

What shall I fear while yet Thou dost lead?

Only for light from Thee I plead.

Silently now I wait for Thee,

Ready, my God, Thy will to see;

Open my mind, illumine me,

Spirit Divine!

5. Open my way, that I may bring

Trophies of grace to thee, my King:

Echoed in love Thy word shall out-ring

Sweet as the note that angels sing.

Silently now I wait for Thee,

Ready, my God, Thy will to see;

Open my way, illumine me.

Spirit Divine!

Amen.

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:

1 Chronicles 10, 11, 12