HIGHWAY VISION

HIGHWAY VISION
September 28, 2017

Prayer: Lord, thank you for giving us visions and dreams. Give us the courage to share and fulfill them.

Scripture: “…your old men [women] will dream dreams, your young men [women] will see visions.” Joel 2:28 NKJV

Debbie, a junior high math teacher, was driving down the highway on her way to attend a city-wide Christian Educators Association International meeting in Houston, Texas. As she was driving, one verse from the old gospel hymn, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, kept coming to her heart and mind: “I have seen him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps…” She began and then kept singing this verse over and over, belting it out with all her strength. Nothing else would come to her lips. She concurrently had a vision of teachers, like old Civil War soldiers, huddled in small groups around numerous burning campfires accept they were not talking or eating. They were praying. She saw they were in the midst of a great spiritual battle and that prayer was going to be the key to victory over the darkness in their profession.

Debbie believed the Lord spoke to her heart that day saying, “When there are one hundred teacher prayer groups with at least three hundred teachers meeting regularly for agreement in prayer then I will break the spiritual bondage and strongholds over the schools in this city.”

Through the local Christian Educators Association International organization Debbi began to encourage teachers to start prayer groups and develop a biblical process for them to use. She knew she was to be a pilot light and fire carrier to help start these watch fires. She has helped more than twenty schools now start prayer groups, and continues to this day fulfilling the vision the Lord gave her.

What professional dream or vision has the Lord given you? Are you working to fulfill this dream or vision or has it been forgotten and abandoned?

Reflection: What professional dream or vision has the Lord given me? Have I or am I fulfilling this vision?

Getting Real: Share your professional vision or dream with a Christian coworker. Agree with one another in prayer regarding this dream or vision.