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Vision Eyes

Craig MacFarlane is blind, but he has great vision. At age two, a tragic accident left him completely blind, but he turned his defeat into victory by becoming a world-class athlete who won over one hundred gold medals in sports like wrestling, track and field, and downhill skiing. Craig has a powerful inner vision that fuels his drive to overcome. He has motivated millions with his vision to be the world’s greatest blind athlete. Craig may be blind, but he can see.

It has been said, “One person with vision in their eyes can multiply and change the world.” Since the beginning of time, men who have eyes with vision have shaped and changed history. They saw things differently. There was a vision that was born deep in their soul, and it changed the way they lived—and the way others lived too. They had vision eyes.

A vision without action is a daydream, but action without vision is a nightmare. There are some great ways we could define vision. John Maxwell defined vision as “a desired future; a picture of something that I don’t possess right now, but it is something I want to see and experience and something I want the people I am leading to experience."

Vision is not simply a goal, an objective, or an item on your to-do list. Vision is both seeing and doing. It makes the impossible possible. As blind and deaf writer Hellen Keller is credited with saying, “It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” Vision is a dream God has put on your heart that is bigger than yourself and, if accomplished, will bring glory to God and change people’s lives.

Father, give me vision and eyes so You can use me to impact the world. Amen.