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Catch the Vision
- Mar 24
- 3 min read
By Cheryl Schuermann
Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. Habakkuk 2:2 ESV
I am a four-boy mom. I often laugh and remark that I’m still here to tell about it. The years of raising four boys were both exhilarating and exhausting. But what a privilege we had been given to lead our boys on their journey to biblical manhood.
While my husband and I could not see even one minute into the future, we knew our young boys would follow someone in their effort to find happiness. If they didn’t know God, they might be tempted to follow the crowd or someone in the crowd, or even declare like Pharaoh, “Who is the Lord that I should obey his voice … I do not know the Lord ...” (Exodus 5:2 ESV).
Our goal as parents was to joyfully introduce our sons to God, not merely to conform them to a standard. We desired to teach them of the one who created them, and plans for their
flourishing. Through the years, our family of six grew to twenty-three as our boys married and blessed us with thirteen grandchildren. Now, we desire the same for our grandchildren and great- grandchildren to come.
We often find it difficult to see the hand of God in a fallen world, when chaos appears to reign around us. We’re sometimes perplexed and may become fearful for our children’s and
grandchildren’s future. Yet, when all outward evidence points to the contrary, the church is called to trust in the Lord. This trust is based not on what we see with our eyes but on who God is.
The prophet Habakkuk lived around 600 B.C., hundreds of years before our time. But his message for God's people around the world rings true today. From what we know about Habakkuk, he was a man of God who desired to minister to the people. In Habakkuk 1, the prophet has a long conversation with God, Yahweh, about his concerns for the state of the world.
How long will you put up with the people, God? When will you do something about it?
In Habakkuk 2:2, God calls on the prophet to stop worrying about the outside noise and
focus on His plan. God tells Habakkuk to invest his energy on what is most important passing a legacy of faith to the next generations.
Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
Habakkuk is instructed to embrace the vision, write it down, and make it plain and
practical. Why? So others after him could run with it and carry it on to generations following.
Here we are over 2600 years after Habakkuk’s encounter with God. We are in the lineage
of God’s great work, in a relational chain that stretches through the centuries. God’s vision for a redeemed creation with redeemed individuals has not changed. The spiritual impact we have on someone we may meet tomorrow can affect that person’s family for generations to come.
God says that’s how it works.
Throughout the Bible, we see that a legacy of faith should never end with us. God tells us
over and over throughout Scripture, the key is living by faith. When we think about how we have benefited from the legacy of those who came before us, what is the positive legacy we want to leave for those coming after us?
We certainly don’t restrict this idea to physical children and grandchildren. Whether you
are interacting with your own children, grandchildren, friends, neighbors, and even strangers …
God plans to use your life and faith to impact generations to come. Catch the vision. The greatest privilege of this life is to spend it on something that will
outlast it.
Cheryl Schuermann devoted her professional career to literacy education as a classroom
teacher, consultant, and curriculum trainer in schools across the United States. Her published books include the multi-award-winning Farmhouse Devotions: God’s Glory in the Ordinary. Cheryl has two books scheduled for release in 2026: Raising Kids for Tomorrow’s World: 12 Keys to Preserving the Faith, 2nd edition (February 2026), and Get Your Boots On: Calling Boys Up to Biblical Manhood, an illustrated handbook for boys (Summer 2026), both co-authored with her husband, Stan Schuermann.
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