Which Is More Important, “Vision” or “Clarity?”

It is one thing to know where you want to go; it is another thing to know how you are going to get there! As a leader, I often know where I want to end up but sometimes struggle with the steps to get there.

Vision is where you’re going. Clarity is knowing where you actually are, what’s actually working, and what’s actually standing between you and where God is calling you. Without clarity, vision is just optimism with a slide deck.

I have worked with leaders who can articulate their vision with passion, but when asked, “So what is the biggest barrier between where you are and where you want to go?” the room goes quiet.

Not because they didn’t care. Because they’d never stopped long enough to look.

Clarity requires honest assessment. It means looking at your church’s actual health, not the attendance on your best Sunday, not the feeling in the room after a great sermon, but the real patterns underneath. Where are people growing? Where are they stuck? Where is the ministry running on momentum from five years ago and calling it health?

Vision is important, but without clarity, the vision will go unfulfilled, leaders will be frustrated, and the church will lack the impact it can have in the Kingdom of God.

We start here. Because you can’t get anywhere else until you know where you are.

Which one do you think is most important, vision or clarity?

Let’s talk more about it…contact me at lee@buildgroups.net