Are you...

The Visionary or "Divisionary"?

This question crossed my mind as my husband and I were listening to a message. It took me a few months to think (& pray) about whether to write this - I had to be sure that I should share it.


Of course, it sounds like a play of words - which it is but it's definitely not a playing matter.
By the time you finish reading this post, you can't but agree with me that it's a praying matter.

"Visionary" is both description and an individual which means "(especially of a person) thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom"* (Adjective) and "a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like." (Noun)*

"Divisionary" is my coinage extending the word "Division" which means "the action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated" & "disagreement between two or more groups, typically producing tension or hostility."* 

Since we're all created in the image and likeness of the Creator of the whole world, we are endowed with creativity so it means that we each can (and should) be visionary... Now that is an undisputable fact however, depending on the circumstance, you may need to "decrease" so that the "Set-Man" (or Woman) - who you may even be more experienced or exposed than, can "increase". So it saddens me to see Ministers, Pastors and/or Mrs Pastors be "Divisionary" rather than "decrease" - people who rather than take the path of humility have the "it's my way or the 'highway'" attitude. 

If you don't support the "vision" of the house, please step aside than try to stomp or stop it. God doesn't like, actually hates, those who create division - see Proverbs 6:19. In fact, Romans 16: 17 also warns us against divisions and "Divisionaries"

Brothers and sisters, I urge you to watch out for people who create divisions and problems against the teaching that you learned. Keep away from them.**

God has a plan and place for each and every visionary. When you help others accomplish their vision(s), God will ensure that others support you to accomplish yours - when it's time*** to. 

References:
* Google Search
** CEB - italics mine
*** Habakkuk 2: 2-3 - ² Then the Lord answered me and said, “Write the vision And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets So that the one who reads it will run. ³ “For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail. Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it, Because it will certainly come; it will not delay. (AMP)