Four Steps to Get a Vision from God

Having a vision is essential to moving toward big results in your leadership. But how do you get a vision from God? 

Here are four steps you can take to help you recognize, receive, and react to God’s specific vision for your life and the people you lead. 

1. Prepare Yourself  

• Make sure you are walking in righteousness. Don’t expect God to bless you with His vision for His people if you are not in fellowship with Him.   
• Read God’s Word just for the purpose of hearing His voice. Sometimes we can get busy looking into God’s Word, preparing for one thing or another. If you want a vision, find some time to pull away from the routine and hassle of everyday tasks. Spend some time alone with Him.   
• Sing to Him and worship Him. Ephesians 4 encourages us to sing to ourselves in songs, hymns, and spiritual songs. Nothing opens the heart like singing and worshipping God, and maybe there is no more authentic worship than when we are alone.    
• Confess your sins. If you are reading God’s Word and worshipping Him in your heart, some light will shine on your life. If anything comes to the surface, don’t deny or excuse it. Confess it!   
• Submit your will to God’s will. 

2. Open Your Eyes  

• Look at what’s going on in your leadership area. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your team? Where do they need to be ministered to, and where do they minister best? What training or experiences could make them more effective?   
• Do a prayer walk around your community. What do you see? What needs have been left unmet? What presentation of the gospel might they best connect with?   
• Look at yourself. What are your areas of giftedness and passion? Who in your group provides strength in the areas of your weakness?

3. Do Something  

• I’ve seen too many leaders who have waited to do the right thing and ended up doing nothing. Sometimes God will reveal His vision to us only as we are working, not sitting.   
• Find something you know you need to be doing anyway. As I initially waited for God’s vision for East End Baptist Church (where I served and am now a Pastor Emeritus), I spent a lot of my time doing visitation—homes, hospitals, nursing facilities, wherever. This was my thing, but you do something that strengthens the group and the kingdom.

4. Ask for It  

• Pray and ask. Know that God has a task for you. He would not have placed you where you are if He didn’t want to accomplish something through you.

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We adapted this plan from another resource. Learn more at bigresultsleadership.com.