Over 120 years ago, two brothers who hadn’t graduated from high school were trying to accomplish something without the funding that many other well-known and well-educated people were working to accomplish. A manned, powered, flying machine. And as you know, The two brothers, the Wright brothers, against all odds, were first to accomplish it.

Their accomplishment would not have been possible if they hadn’t imagined it, if they hadn’t believed in it, and if they hadn’t continually renewed their commitment to the vision. After each failure. After each setback. This is a good reminder for the church.

What God has set out to do in the world will require a similar commitment to the vision of the kingdom of God (life on earth as it is in heaven). We have to imagine it, believe in it, and continually renew our commitment to the vision. After each failure. After each setback. And that vision that we are to imagine is found in the story of Scripture.