Vision and Values

This begins a series of posts on a current teaching series called Vision and Values that I am leading through in Bible Fellowship groups on Sunday mornings. In this series, we'll look at Vision (what God wants for us) and Values (4 foundational values our church lives by). We start by looking at Vision.

What did you want to be when you grew up? What was your vision of the future?  When I was young, I wanted to be a sports broadcaster. You get to go to all the big games, don't have to pay to get in and get great seats. Back then, I would watch all the games I could and would study my football and baseball cards in detail, learning all the stats and creating team lineups and play formations. Now that I'm older, I know that was not God's plan for me. He had a better plan.

As adults, we no longer deal with the "what will you be when you grow up question" but we still wonder what's next in our lives. The big question now is not what you do, but who you are in Christ.

What is His vision for your life? What does God want you to be like? In Colossians 2, the apostle Paul shared some principles with the church at Colosse, helping them see what God longed for for them. 

Paul had never met many of the people in the Colossian church. Yet he longed for God's vision, God's best, for them. Paul's prayer was that they would be:
Encouraged in heart;
United in love;
Have the full riches of complete understanding; and
Know the mystery of God, namely, Christ (v.2).
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (v.3).

All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. All. Jesus is all you need.

God's vision for your life is for you to know Christ. He is God revealed.