Vision 2020: Prophetic word for Second City Church for 2020
Pastor Cole Parleir
“As you let God put your roots down deep, He will send the branches out wide”
(John 15:5-6)
Focus Scripture
“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.”
-Proverbs 29:18 ESV
“When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law is joyful.”
-Proverbs 29:18 NLT
“Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.”
-Proverbs 29:18 NIV
Prophetic vision is revelation of divine guidance into God’s plan. It’s seeing life as it really is according to God’s plan set forth in Jesus Christ. To know and walk with Jesus Christ, God incarnate, is God’s plan for your life, your family, and the world. To know Christ is to be forgiven, to be blessed, and have the Holy Spirit enabling us to live God’s way walking with Christ as Lord. To not know Christ is to be under God’s wrath and is the opposite of being blessed. To not know Christ is to cast off restraint of the Holy Spirit who wants to work in, preserve, and increase your life through holy living. To not know Christ is to be discouraged and feel condemned and hopeless as you languish in sin. To not know Christ is to be frustrated, living an unproductive life by running wild chasing fruitless pursuits that dishonored God.
“Revelation” is the uncovering or revealing of God’s plan.
“Divine guidance” happens when you see and surrender to God's plan in Christ for your life.
“No prophetic vision” is not knowing Christ, His forgiveness, and His ways. Christ is the blessing, the happiness, and the joy our Heaenly Father intends for us.
“No prophetic vision” is Divine judgment and comes by rejecting Christ as Lord and Savior
“Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it. "In that day the lovely virgins and the young men shall faint for thirst. Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' and, 'As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again."
Amos 8:11-14 ESV
“Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has ruined and broken her bars; her king and princes are among the nations; the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the Lord. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.”
Lamentations 2:9-10 ESV
“We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long. How long, O God, is the foe to scoff? Is the enemy to revile your name forever?”
Psalms 74:9-10 ESV
Casting off restraint, running wild, and discouragement are the results of not knowing God’s plan for your life found in Christ Jesus.
“Running wild”
Living your own way, the world’s way, or ultimately Satan’s way. If we want to build a life that produces something of eternal value we must take up our cross and follow Jesus.
“Discouraged”
Satan’s plan for the follower of Jesus is to discourage them. To steal their courage and replace it with fear or frustration. Abiding in Christ and praying His kingdom come (that our Heavenly Father’s vision come to earth) is how we maintain courage through God’s grace.
Blessing comes when we obey God walking with Christ. Walking with Christ obeying God will make us the happiest and joyful.
Happy
“Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].”
MATTHEW 5:3 AMP
Joyful
“For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,”
1 Thessalonians 1:4-6 ESV
Keeping the law refers to God’s commands as a whole, but can also apply to God’s wisdom and instruction. Does the God of the universe give suggestions? No, if we’ve heard His voice in His word or our heart on a particular matter we must obey with corresponding grace He gives, and this leads to blessing
Torah
Gods commands
Instruction
Obeying Jesus
In summary
Start this year by recommitting to Christ as Lord and Savior. Gaze upon His life in the Bible marveling at God’s graciousness and blessing toward those who trust Him. Let Christ be your prophetic vision and surrender to it. Receive His blessing through abiding in Christ, walking with Him in all of his Holy and perfect ways. Let God put your roots down deep in Christ so He can send your branches out wide. Amen.
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained.”
-Philippians 3:12-16 ESV
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
-John 14:6 ESV
Second City Church - Pastor Cole Parleir 2020