Vision—A Critical Need of a Leader

The words of Robert Fritz are permanently etched in my mind: "It is not what a vision is, it's what a vision does."

What Does Vision Do?
Vision sees. Helen Keller was asked, "Is there anything worse than being blind?" "Yes," she replied, "having eyesight but no vision!" Vision is the stuff of the future—the vivid image of the compelling future God wants to create through you and your congregation. Mike Vance tells of being at Disney World soon after its completion when someone said, "It's too bad Walt Disney didn't live to see this." Vance replied, "He did see it—that's why it's here." George Bernard Shaw: "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream of things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'" The best leaders and the most powerful motivators are those with the ability to envision today what others see tomorrow.

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