Write It Down

By Scott Wetzel

“Then the LORD replied:  ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.  For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false.  Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay’.” Hab 2:2-3 (NIV) 

Has God ever revealed to you what He has purposed for your life?  I had never really sought that out.  I knew that there had been yearnings in my heart.  I knew I had been given desires.  I knew God had a plan in those desires.  Then came the time where I KNEW what God wanted for me.  I began to pursue it, but I wore down pretty quickly.  People began to tell me how my vision was supposed to look, and it began to be pulled in multiple directions.  Instead of pursuing a Godly promise, I pursued the fractured goals of those around me.  It led to a blurry vision and eventually I walked away.

The biggest reason that we lose our visions is because we don’t write them down.  If God has shown you what this season in your life should look like, there is a terrific chance that the enemy will try to destroy that.  Satan wants nothing more than to knock us off our Holy pursuits and the best way to do that is to skew our memories of what God wants.  If we write down our visions, flesh them out, hold on to them, the dreams God has given us will become the reality He wants them to be. 

Writing down our Holy promises does several things:  It makes the metaphysical become physical, it keeps our memories intact, it restores our faith in times of hardship, it breaks the Devil’s lies, and it gives us proof of God’s sovereign nature at the time of fulfillment.   It also helps us to keep God’s vision for our lives as God’s vision for OUR lives.  Don’t ever let anyone tell you to change from God’s vision for your life.  You have it written down and God will honor your faith.  He is faithful to finish what He began.

This might sound simplistic; but honestly, how many of us have the promises that God has revealed to us in writing?  How many of us look at them, pray over them, and seek God’s will in moving forward in them?  I want to be who God has made me to be.  The best way to do that is to have a physical representation of a spiritual direction.