I never knew that people had been observing me while on campus. So I ran into a conversation with some folks when one of them said, referring to me; “If you check his pocket, you would see a pen.” I did not disappoint them; they saw a pen with me. I had cultivated the habit of trapping stuff in writing since my teenage years. It is one of the principles of vision.
Friend, your making or fulfilment is in the vision that God shows you. When God gives you a vision, He has already shown you what your life or end will look life (Jeremiah 29:11, Habakkuk 2:3). The vision contains your tomorrow. It encapsulates the entirety of God’s purpose and plan for your life; you only need to unravel and pursue it.
However, as powerful as a divinely granted vision is, it needs to be handled properly for it to deliver your destiny. Vision must be written down (Habakkuk 2:2, Revelation 1:19). Writing brings ownership; what you don’t write you don’t truly own. Writing brings clarity; until you write it, you will not get to understand it more.
Writing brings expanded knowledge. Most times, when vision is received, it appears limited until it is trapped by writing. The more you write it the more it is expanded. This is why you often notice that you only plan to write a paragraph of the vision but you end up writing two pages or more.
Whereas, vision comes from your heart (or spirit), it is in the process of writing it that your mind gets to engage with it and of course, your body also gets involved. It is possible for God to reveal something to you and you forget it totally. This is because it is not in your mind, it is in your spirit. You would need to feed it into your mind so you can store it properly and make use of it, this is where writing comes in.
Writing is the first process of taking actions along your vision. When people say that they have vision but don’t know how to go about it, I often ask them if they have written it down. No matter how seemingly small or inconsequential writing is, it is a major step you need to take along the vision. Once you write it down, you have started taking steps. Writing is the first contact that your vision has with the material world. It is this first step that opens you up to other needed steps.
Writing commits God to your life and vision. God does not take people who don’t write very seriously. God would not give what is precious to those who have no value for it (Matthew 7:6). If you go to your closet with God without a pen and a writing pad, rest assured that you will have little or nothing to receive from God. If God does not see you with something to trap what He says or shows, He withholds it.
© ‘Demola Awoyele
Lead Pastor,
Destiny Impact Church
Akure, Nigeria