Go to the ant … consider its ways and be wise. It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. (Proverbs 6:6-8)
Building a vision is best accomplished one brick at a time. Manifesting a vision is not easy; it is a physical and psychological endurance. It takes time, it takes long hours, and it takes patience. An ant cannot store up a winter’s worth of food in one day of work. Similarly, your vision, for the most part, may not be achieved in one day. Building the vision one brick at a time is a process. Your vision or goal is near but to get there, it has to be built with a solid foundation. A builder cannot build a 3,000-sq.-ft. home in one day. There is a systematic process to construct the home; it must have the perfect foundation.
· Prep the site
· Measure the square footage
· Prepare for foundation
· Construct framing
· Install windows, doors and siding
· Install electrical, plumbing and drywall
· Complete surfacing of the bathrooms and kitchen
· Install heating and air-conditioning units
· Connect the water main and sewer to the house
· etc.
Each of these tasks has its own separate timeline to achieve completion. Some tasks cannot start because they are dependent on other tasks. For example, installing drywall cannot be achieved if there is no framing. The framing holds the drywall. Additionally, completing the kitchen and bathrooms will be useless without electrical or plumbing. Your vision and/or goal are interlinked with your task. Sit down with your life’s vision and list out the tasks that will enable that vision to come to fruition. When I started listing my tasks, I was able to create momentum for myself. Tasks create the momentum to accomplish the given goal. Momentum is enabled when you are constantly working and completing a task. Just think of a wheel rolling down the hill. At first, it is difficult for the wheel to get started. But once the wheel gets rolling, its stored energy from the top of the hill enables the wheel to move faster. When you have momentum, goals are achieved and vision is manifested quicker. Looking back at the ant, their actions created the momentum, As a result of the momentum, opportunities to succeed led to their abundance. The plans of the diligent leads to abundance… (Proverbs 21:5).
Tasks are the lifeblood of achieving your life’s vision. If you cut off a task, then you cut off a goal. When you cut off a goal, the vision becomes nonexistent. Each of the tasks must be specific, action oriented, and must be worked with intensity while providing the desired results. If not, don’t be condemned; execute it another way to achieve the result. Never stop working a goal until it is completed. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry (Habakkuk 2:3).
Here is one final illustration of working a task until it produces a desired result. A farmer gets up early in the morning to work his fields. He cultivates, sows seed, weeds and waters the ground for his harvest to get a return. His goal is the harvest, but he has to continue weeding and watering so that the crop can give him his full return. He works the ground because his life depends on it. Similarly, we should work our tasks like our life is on the line. Those small seeds seem so insignificant but will grow into something significant if the tasks are built one brick at a time.
Make a great day!
