What do you see in your future? Will every day look pretty much like today? Will there be any major changes that you planned and carried out, or will life and death come and go as usual? Are there any possibilities that excite you? Do you have a bucket list? Do you know your purpose for being here and are you on track to fulfilling it? You may say that you are not a clairvoyant, or prophet, so how can you know what tomorrow, or the future may bring? Yet we predict and plan the future every day of our lives. Without the ability to see tomorrow in our vision and possibilities, life would probably end for us today. Even the most depressed person will open their eyes tomorrow, hoping against hope that something may change their circumstances.
The Bible says, “where there is no vision, the people perish…” (Prov. 29:18). Sometimes you must close your eyes in order to see. Sometimes it is what we envision that enables us to establish a vision. Think of envisioning as the creative use of your imagination to see possibilities with your inner eye. If you begin to use it, you may discover that there are things to see, places to go, and things to do that you never imagined before, at least not consciously. Now in your imagination, move backwards slowly from what you see to where you sit right now. Open your eyes and begin to follow the forward path of your imagination. Follow the dips, curves, obstacle courses, and smooth terrain until your vision becomes a reality.
Being disciplined for success is about imagining where you can be and following the blueprint of your imagination until you get there. It is about finding the purpose God wants you to fulfill on earth and walking it out.