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The world belongs to dreamers... Well, if you don’t have a vision, you will perish…We sometimes forget how important it is to have a dream… a vision. Try to think of it, if people don’t have plans for their life, how can they move on to the next step when they don’t even know what or where the next step is. I remember when our pastor shared to us one part on the story of Alice in Wonderland. When Alice was confused what road to take, the right or the left, the cat said to her, ‘It depends on where you want to go, where do you want to go?’ then Alice replied, ‘I don’t know’. ‘In that case’, says the cat, ‘any of the roads will do.’ We easily get carried away by the things around us because we don’t have a vision, we don’t have any plans. We’re not sure why we’re here. We don’t have a picture of what we will be.

How can we have the vision? How can we fulfill it? First, you have to see your purpose clearly. We must be clear to know what we want. We have to see it. Martin Luther once said, ‘if a man doesn’t find something to die for, he is not fit to live.’ That’s it; we have to paint a picture of our life on our minds because we act on the basis of what we see. We move towards the dominant picture in our mind. In fact, we are visual people. When someone said the word apple, we see an apple in our mind, not A-P-P-L-E. See your purpose clearly. We must be specific on what we want to become. What’s your purpose? What’s your dream?

The next thing is to want your purpose desperately. That’s why it’s important to see our purpose because how can we want it if we don’t know it. Right? We must be desperate for our dreams. We must focus ourselves to that goal… to the vision. Focus brings velocity and blinds our eyes from obstacles so that we may not see them as something that can hinder us. How desperate are you on your dream? Are you as desperate as catching your breath after minutes of being under water?

See your purpose clearly… want your purpose desperately… accomplish your purpose wholeheartedly… It says here, accomplish. We don’t just start; we have to finish the race. Just like in a marathon, it’s not about being the first, it’s finishing the run. Accomplishing your purpose doesn’t need involvement but commitment. Being involved and being committed are two different things. To give you a picture of this, here’s a story:

Chicken and Pig are best of friends. One day, they came across a banner which says ‘Feeding 1000 people with ham and egg.’ Then chicken said, ‘Hey friend pig, I think we could contribute there, we can help them, I will give my eggs and ham from you.’ Pig fell silent then he said, ‘you know friend, it’s easy for you to say that. Because for you, it’s only involvement, for me, it’s commitment.

Accomplish your purpose wholeheartedly…. Are you committed or just involved?

The last thing is to follow your purpose faithfully. The key is to NEVER GIVE UP! Every man wants to be remembered for something good, right? Be remembered because you are a finisher… you are a winner… I also have a story for this….

One night, as the son is studying, he said to his dad, ‘Dad college is so hard, I don’t want to study anymore.’ ‘I understand son, that’s normal, don’t give up, you can do that.’ The son was still discouraged and said, ‘but dad, it’s too hard, I’ll never make it.’ Then the father said, ‘you remember Thomas Edison? He encountered over 1000 mistakes before he successfully invented the fluorescent lamp (I can just imagine his assistant saying, ‘sir, we can’t make it, this is already our 889th try’ but Edison will just laugh and say, ‘at least, we know 889 ways on how it won’t work… let’s try other ways where it might work…’). He did not give up. You remember Abraham Lincoln? Did you know that he had gone so many failures and defeats before finally becoming a president? He was rejected a lot of times and even failed in business. But he continued and became one of the presidents of US.’ The son felt somewhat encouraged, the father continued, ‘Now son, do you know Elmo McKlingky?’ The son shook his head. The father just smiled and said ‘You see son, you don’t remember him, it’s because he gave up.’

You want to be remembered? DON’T GIVE UP… Follow your purpose faithfully. Finishing the race needs that determination. No matter how many obstacles there may be, believe that you can do it. And be ready to say… As Paul said, ‘I have finished the race, I have kept my faith, I’m ready to die.’

See your purpose… want it desperately… accomplish it wholeheartedly… follow it faithfully… Never give up… Have faith… God won’t fail you…

...by the way, the stories are not from me, I just heard and got inspired by them...