Savor the Savior Week 2 - True Vision

Savor the Savior
Week 1 Wrap Up

I think the most amazing and important focus of our discussion last week centered around the noise in our life. Through our discussion it was pointed out that we cannot control the volume at times but we can control how we respond and react to that volume. No matter how low we turn down the volume on a radio even in a quiet room our ears will adjust to pick up the static or what is being played. We have to know how and when to turn the radio off completely. Life is the same way. We have to know how to unplug and rejoice in Christ and His grace daily and let him direct us in responding and reacting to the noise we cannot control in our lives.

Our main reference from Week 1 centered around Abraham. What an amazing man of pure faith he was. Abraham was far from perfect just like we are, but when it came to his time with God he believed and lived his faith in Him like no one since Christ. Abraham was special because he lived before the law and before Jesus. He was totally on his own with God. There was no direction in the Ten Commandments and there was not the grace of Christ for him to turn to in time of failure and need. It was just him and God. He was the first to show us how God wants the I in Savoir to be.


Savor the Savor Week 2
Vision is Our Greatest Enemy

When you look at us as God's perfect creation, you have to be in awe.

I love sports and healthcare. Two very odd things I know, but when you think of God's design of our bodies and how they function for every day tasks it is simply amazing. You add to the mix what a superior athlete can do with his or her blessings and you can truly see our body and health is one of the greatest gifts He will ever give us.

But with this gift there comes a price at times. If you don't treat it and care for it, things can happen. You can also be in perfect health and the enemy can attack it in unimaginable ways. Even when all is well, Satan can use our abilities against us.

Take our vision for example.

Websters defines Vision as the following:

Vision 

1
a : something seen in a dream, trance, or ecstasy; especially: a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation

b : a thought, concept, or object formed by the imagination

c : a manifestation to the senses of something immaterialvision

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2
a : the act or power of imagination

b (1) : mode of seeing or conceiving (2) : unusual discernment or foresight vision>

c : direct mystical awareness of the supernatural usually invisible form3
a : the act or power of seeing : sight

b : the special sense by which the qualities of an object (as color, luminosity, shape, and size) constituting its appearance are perceived through a process in which light rays entering the eye are transformed by the retina into electrical signals that are transmitted to the brain via the optic nerve4
a : something seen

b : a lovely or charming sight
Yes indeed our vision is one of the greatest tools we have at our disposal, but it is also one of our greatest weapons as well.

Think of the last time you were walking up a large hill. If you keep your eyes focused on the top the whole time at some point your mind and your body will cause you to stop. Because you look and SEE where you are headed you begin to believe you will never get there.

But if you take that same hill and you simply look down at your feet, how far do you think you can go?

If you never look up to see how much farther you have to go or look back to see how long you have been walking your vision is limitless. Just like God wants us to come to him to savor life. Exactly like God wants us to be disciples of the Savior.

Daniel is an key figure when it comes to visions in the Bible. There was no one like him and God used his talents in an amazing way.

Let's take a look at some of God's Word at this point:

• Daniel 8:15-27

I find verse 17 especially interesting? Think about that verse and come prepared to talk about it on Sunday or comment on this post.

We often refer vision in worldly terms as innovation. Taking a dream and making it a reality. There have been many great visionaries of this world. But there has been none like Daniel.

So as you prepare for this weeks discussion, ponder the following thoughts.

1. Are you focused on your vision of your future by constantly staring at the top of the hill?
2. Are you terrified of your future because all of your visions have to do with the valley below the hill?
3. Can you have hope and faith in God enough to lead you without looking forward and without staring back?

Remember God knows what you need in the future; You don't. You cannot truly SEE until you understand this. You cannot truly SAVOR the SAVIOR without His Vision.

Read the following verses as well:

• Deuteronomy 30:19
• Exodus 24:17-18
• Exodus 25:9
• Mark 9:23-24
• James 1:5
• Hebrew 8:5
• Hebrews 12:18-20
• Acts 7:44
• Colossians 2:17

Have a blessed rest of the week!