“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” (Prov. 29:18)
Without clear vision and imagination people wander aimlessly, lacking direction and purpose. You have to have it!
What is it?
Vision is defined in the dictionary as the act or power of imagination; a mode of seeing or conceiving; and/or unusual discernment or foresight. Vision means seeing things with your imagination. If you think about it, everything you see that is made started with an idea or dream in someone’s mind; they had to imagine it before they could create it.
Michelangelo used creative vision
He famously said: “In every block of marble, I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.” And on commenting about his incredible statue of David, he said, “I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.” In other words, he saw each completed task in his head before he even started the project he was about to do. After carving a beautiful statue of an angel, he said, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
“And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.” (Habak. 2:2-3)
How to start
Focus your imagination on virtuous and positive aspects of life and direct your thoughts toward things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, and praiseworthy. By doing so, your imagination can foster a mindset of positivity and creativity.
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” (Phil. 4:8)
Therefore
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,” (Eph. 1:17-18 ESV)