A vision-driven homeschool….

 A vision-driven Homeschool….

 ”He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”
(Hebrews 12:2 AMP)

Jesus lived a life of vision. His knowledge of the future and why He was on earth gave Him strength, purpose, and determination. Consider today’s verse. Vision is much more than a list of objectives and goals. In a nutshell, it’s what you “see” for the future. It’s what comes into your brain when you allow yourself to think about the years ahead. Having a clear vision is a powerful thing in any pursuit for it carries with it the power necessary to finish the job.

Once we have defined what our vision for homeschooling is, we must determine to become vision-minded. This means we must align our thoughts, words, and actions in the direction of your vision. We’ve all heard the phrase, looking through “rose-colored” glassed; well, we need to look through vision-colored glasses.

What we see in the natural on a day-to-day basis, can be stressful at times. We think we aren’t making any progress, that things will never change, or that our children will never mature. However, if we step back and look through our vision-colored glasses, we will see our children as healthy, happy, productive adults, as men and women who know their passions and how to pursue them. We will see strong family relationships developed over years of working, learning, and just spending time together. We will see the fruit of our labor…

Remembering this, however, involves disciplining our minds (or perhaps training our minds) not to dwell on the challenges of today. It requires us to be serious about controlling our thoughts and our words. It leads us to practice discernment that we might recognize the voice of the enemy telling us “You will never succeed. What you see today is all there will ever be. Who do you think you are?…blah…blah…blah!” A strong sense of vision will protect our minds by empowering us to ignore what our senses or other sources try to tell us.

When God births a vision you can believe it. You can trust that He will bring it to pass. One of my favorite scriptures when my kids were younger was Psalms 138:8: “The LORD will accomplish what concerns me…” (NASB). I stood on that promise during the hard times, when they turned away from the Lord…or struggled with health problems…when medication made him crazy…when strife was infecting our home…when I was tired and discouraged. I held on to this verse believing that the vision God had given me about homeschooling and the results we would some day reap would come true. And that’s what happened…

Prayer: Lord, we thank You that Your thoughts are higher than ours, and that Your vision for our family is not some elusive mystery. Reveal to us Your plan and purpose for our children and help us to get a real picture and a strong vision of what homeschooling can and will mean to our family today and in the future, in Jesus’ name, amen.