Time, not arguments, is vision’s ultimate validator.
Sometimes we waste precious energy trying to make people understand a dream they are never meant to interpret.
Quote:
“For the vision is yet for an appointed time; though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.”
Habakkuk 2:3
Sometimes, we get in the way of trying to explain our dreams to everyone.
Most of the time, especially for those who have no relevance to our vision.
Time is vision’s great validator.
Joseph never had to explain his dreams.
For thirteen years, his vision seemed like the delusion of an arrogant teenager.
His brothers mocked it.
His circumstances contradicted it.
Prison walls appeared to mock the very idea that he would ever rule anything. But when the famine came and the dreams proved true, no explanation was necessary.
This is one of the most difficult truths about visions: vindication rarely comes when you think you need it most.
When you’re in the pit, the vision feels like a fantasy. When you’re in prison, the calling feels like a delusion. When you’re in the wilderness, the promise feels like wishful thinking.
But persistence & faithfulness to vision have a way of making their own case over time.
As we near the end of our month on vision, I have considered
How many visionaries have I known who gave up just before a breakthrough?
How many dreams were abandoned right before they would have been validated?
How many people walked away from their calling because vindication was taking longer than expectation could sustain?
From Joseph’s story, we learn that the reality of the vision rarely looks like what we expect it.
The vision we carry is not to ultimately see yourself being vindicated in the eyes of others. But about God’s purposes being fulfilled through your faithfulness.
It’s not about people finally understanding what you saw, but about what you saw finally serving what they need.
Vindication isn’t about proving them wrong; it is about proving God right.
Faithfulness to vision will eventually speak louder than any criticism ever could. The results of obedience become their own apologetic. The fruit of faithfulness makes its own argument.
Joseph didn’t have to defend his dreams once Egypt was saved and his family was preserved. David didn’t have to explain his anointing once Israel was united and secure.
The vision defended itself through fulfilment.
Our persistence in pursuing vision, even when others don’t understand it, even when circumstances seem to contradict it, is building a testimony that will eventually need no defence.Reflection Prompt:
Where are you tempted to overexplain your dream?
Reply with one sentence about a place where you need patience more than proof.
Deeper Dive:
Scriptures: Joseph’s journey from vision to vindication (Genesis 37:5-11, 41:37-43, 45:4-8)
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