LEADING WELL: The Way Out (Part 2a)
Ministering: Pastor. David. D.
Muhammed
Theme: Leading well: The way Out. (Part2a)
Subtheme: Visionary Leadership.
Date: 23rd August 2026
Text: Habakkuk 2:2
OBJECTIVE
- Understand what vision is and why every leader needs it.
- Every participant should be able to distinguish between vision, mission, values, goals, strategies, and plans.
- Should be able to understand how vision is discovered and developed.
- Recognize the difference between genuine vision and personal ambitions or reactions.
- Learn how to communicate vision so that others can understand and pursue it.
Opening Thoughts:
One of the greatest responsibilities of a leader is to answer the question:
Where are we going?
Leadership must also ask:
What should we be doing?
Where should we be going?
What must we do to get to where we are going?
A leader without vision can be hardworking, prayerful, sincere, and charismatic.
Leadership is movement, but movement requires direction, and direction is provided by vision.
You can be busy without being productive.
You can be moving without making progress.
You can be growing without development.
One of the most painful things in life is aging without progress.
You can be succeeding at something that doesn’t have value.
Vision ensures that our energy is directed to a meaningful purpose.
Any vision that will inspire an action now, you’re daydreaming.
Vision from the Christian perspective is the ability to see by faith and understanding a future worth pursuing, and you mobilize people towards its achievement.
Vision answers the questions: “Where are we going? What am I called to do? What problem are we called to solve? What must be different because we were here?”
Vision looks beyond what is to what can be.
A visionary leader can stand before ruins and see a city.
Vision sees tomorrow while standing in today.
Vision is not fantasy; there’s a difference between vision and wishful thinking.
A dream says, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this happens?”
Vision says, “This is where we are going, and this is how we will go about it.”
Vision eventually produces the following:
- Conviction
- Direction
- Goals (measurable & achievable)
- Engender action
If what you call a vision doesn’t affect your calendar, your budget, …
Real vision demands something from you.
Vision is the leader’s responsibility. (Habakkuk 2:22)
Responsibilities of a Leader
- The leader must see.
- He must understand it.
- He must also write it down.
- He clarifies it.
- He must communicate the vision.
- Organize around it.
- Mobilize people towards it.
- Protect it from distractions.
- Measure the progress towards it.
Vision is not simply revelation; it requires leadership.
Why Vision Matters
- Vision gives direction.
Without vision, every opportunity looks attractive.
Vision helps you to determine what to say yes to and what you say no to.
At the end of your life, what will be the one thing you will be remembered for?
Not every good opportunity is your opportunity if you know where you’re going.
A leader cannot attend every meeting.
A person cannot purs…
Vision becomes a filter for decision-making.
Vision asks, “Does this move me towards where I’m going?”
- Vision creates Focus:
One of the greatest enemies of leadership is distraction.
When you pursue too many opportunities at the same time, you may end up not achieving anyone.
Vision concentrates resources; it tells you what to abandon and delegate.
When There Is No Principle/Priority, Everything Becomes Urgent.
Vision creates energy.
People can endure difficulty when they understand why the difficulty matters.
Vision transforms labor into purpose.
When people understand the task, ordinary tasks will require extraordinary task.