What is your mission strategy model?

We are all so familiar with the sharp instruction in the book of Habakkuk that demands documenting the vision in order to create the urgency of the work. But is it really happening? Or it is just one more set of instructions of the Bible we wish to absorb based on our convenience and refer it for convenience. Let me bring the verse down which goes like this goes, “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it.”

“We need to write our vision down in clear, compelling language so that it grips our hearts. A clearly written vision statement frees us from confusion so that we can “run” instead of wander, stumble, or go backward. A clear vision overcomes inertia and produces the inspiration to run toward our goals.”. Zig Ziglar. Though we may experience ups and downs, delays and disappointments, these won’t stop us if we keep our eyes on our purpose and on the One who has given it to us.

Let me bring to reminder few people from the Bible as an example, who were able to come up with a strategy to accomplish what God intended, and in some cases toward a successful mission.

1 Joseph was a man who interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh, came up with a robust strategy to save the nation from the severe famine (Genesis 41:34-37)

2 Moses was successful in interpreting the vision he received concerning the building of the tabernacle. In Exodus 25:40 it was instructed, “Be careful to make them according to the pattern you have been shown on the mountain.”. And Moses brought in all components of the work into a definite plan to build the tabernacle for His glory.

3 David presenting the plan of the temple to his son Solomon (1Chronicles 28:11-12). This made the work of Solomon easy and structured and it was the magnificent temple, which became the place of abode for the almighty God.

4 Nehemiah was apprised of the problem that the walls were broken (Neh1:3) and it records that he wept, mourned, fasted and prayed for a number of days (Neh1:4) but then he did not stop there. He converted into a work plan and accomplished the mission of building the wall in 52 days.

I can keep quoting so many others who were successful because of the structured definite plan derived from the vision, I trust the examples of the great people I pointed out tell us something very serious i.e.  to have a proper strategy and work plan. Woodrow Wilson puts it beautifully, “We grow by dreams. All big men are big dreamers. Some of us let dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them though bad days . . . to the sunshine and light which always comes.”.

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