Vision – a word that is used over and over and over again in the business and church world. It seems is a magical concept that if you do not grasp, your business or church plant will falter, will not achieve the level of success that you want, or will possibly fail. Do we contrive vision out of our dreams or thin air or is it truly God-born?

What about our writing? Do we have a vision for writing or is it something you do, hoping that someday you might make a few bucks from it or do you write with a goal in mind? You should have already grasped the concept of missionary writing – writing with the goal of improving someone’s life.

Vision is important, but do not let vision become your idol or the driving force behind your writing. Vision is a tool to moving you from where you are to where you believe you need to be to carry out the mission of your writing. Do not confuse mission with vision they are not the same. The mission is not a catchy phrase that you spent a weekend retreat to come up with. It is not man invented or institution led. It comes from the heart – It is your passion. If you do not have a passion that you write with and about, it will show on the page.

Fear kills vision! Remember this statement. It will define how you look at vision throughout your writing and your life. Fear not only kills vision but also limits how we define vision, how we capture vision and how we implement vision. Fear will paralyze and neutralize the great writing that is within you. When fear gets a foothold in our lives, vision will not be multiplied. We might as well give up and go hide in the corner if you allow fear to overtake the power of vision. Fear will kill your writing and disable your message.

Can you actually imagine what would happen if you went all out to fulfill vision for your writing? You will have to make some changes that would literally rip you out of your comfort zone. Most people are afraid that those changes will involve two areas of their life that define who they are, their occupation and finances. Our occupation defines our identity to those we know and our finances define what we have or do not have. Jeff Goins in his blog(goinswriter.com) writes, “I became a writer when I said I was.” Down deep you know that there is something big that you could accomplish if you could just get over this nagging fear of failure. An important thought to remember is that while fear and danger may co-exist in a situation they are not one in the same. Fear does not necessarily mean that there is danger; it means that there is some one or situation that is keeping you from moving forward.