Your Vision Is Bigger Than Sobriety

My vision is bigger than sobriety…… and so is yours!

You just have to be sober to accomplish the vision.

There comes a moment in the journey—whether it’s recovery, rebuilding your life, or simply trying to make it through another day—when you finally realize something powerful:

Your vision is bigger than sobriety.

Sobriety is not the finish line. It’s the starting point.

Sobriety is not the purpose. It’s the pathway.

Sobriety is not the identity. It’s the instrument.

The reason you fight to stay clean, to stay consistent, to stay clear—it’s because what God has placed inside of you is bigger than the battle you’re facing right now. Sobriety is required, yes. But it’s required because there is a calling ahead of you that can’t be carried while you’re clouded, numbed, or distracted.

Let me tell you something I had to learn the hard way: God placed a purpose inside me long ago but I wasn’t walking it out because I constantly turned to external things rather than to my inward source. When I first went into recovery, sobriety didn’t last long - because I made sobriety the goal.

For the past few years, I thought the goal was “just stay clean.”

Just stay stable.

Just stay out of trouble.

Just stay afloat.

(My friends who work in recovery call this part of my journey “white knuckling it.” They watched me do it!)

But God doesn’t call a person “out” of something without calling them “to” something. My vision was always bigger than my sobriety. But God had to remind me — staying sober wasn’t the vision. It was the necessity to see the vision clearly.

The dreams, the calling, the assignments, the ideas, the people I was meant to reach? None of that could grow in chaos. None of that could survive when my mind was cloudy or my heart was numb.

Sobriety wasn’t the destination.

It was the doorway.

My Life Needed Me Clear

I didn’t get sober just to say “I’m sober.”

I got sober so I could actually live again.

I needed to hear God for myself. I needed the clarity to make decisions that lined up with the woman I wanted to become. I needed the strength to show up for my kids, my calling, and my future — not the version of me that was trying to escape, but the version of me that was ready to rise.

And listen… nothing will test your sobriety, like remembering you’re called to something bigger than your craving for an external substance. Wow!

Your Vision Needs You Clear

When your mind is sober, your spirit can hear.

When your body is sober, your steps get steady.

When your heart is sober, your purpose has room to breathe.

Sobriety creates the internal environment necessary for your vision to live. You don’t get free just so you can say you’re free. You get free so you can walk in the assignment God buried deep in your soul.

Your Calling Is Bigger Than Your Cravings

Hear this with love: the enemy is not after your sobriety—he’s after your destiny.

He knows that once you are sober-minded, focused, and aligned, you become dangerous to anything trying to hold you back. He knows your creativity expands. Your leadership grows. Your clarity rises. Your influence strengthens. Your life becomes a testimony that sets other people free.

That’s why the cravings come. That’s why the triggers hit. That’s why the urge to give up shows up at the worst possible moment.

Not because sobriety is small.

But because your vision is big.

Your Enemy Isn’t After Your Sobriety — He’s After Your Vision

If you ever wondered why the struggle hits hardest when you’re trying to get your life together, let me go ahead and answer that:

It’s because your vision threatens everything that tried to destroy you…

…Your voice.

…Your purpose.

…Your influence

…Your story.

…Your freedom.

That’s what the fight is really about. That’s why the urges creep back in. Not because you’re weak — but because you’re powerful.

Your Vision Will Pull You Forward

When you remember what you’re building, slipping back starts to lose its appeal.

You’re not just fighting for a clean day.

You’re fighting for:

A business God told you to start.

A book that someone needs to read.

A child who’s watching you change.

A life that finally feels like peace.

A future where you get to be proud of yourself.

When you remember the vision, sobriety becomes the tool—not the entire story.

Maybe nobody told you this today, so let me say it clearly: There’s More in You. Your purpose is bigger than your past. Your vision is bigger than your struggle. And your future is bigger than your fear.

Sobriety is simply the key that unlocks the door so you can get to the life that has been waiting on you to….

Walk boldly.

Walk clearly.

Walk intentionally.

Because the world needs what God has placed within you.

I don’t care what your past looks like.

I don’t care how messy the journey has been.

And I don’t care how many times you stumbled on the way here.

Hear me:

Your vision is still bigger.

And you still have time to get there.

Just stay clear.

Stay honest.

Stay connected to God.

And take it one real day at a time.

The world needs what you’re carrying — not the perfect version, but the authentic one.

Here’s a few Reflection Questions for you:

1. What vision, dream, or purpose pulls on your heart when you’re most clear?

2. How has sobriety (or the desire for it) shifted your ability to focus or hear God?

3. What distractions or habits try to interfere with your clarity, and what boundaries can you set to protect your vision?

4. Who or what motivates you to stay committed to your purpose even when it’s hard?

Here’s a Prayer that I have personally prayed for my Journey Ahead. May it bless you!

Father, I come to You today with an open heart.

You know my story. You know my struggles. You know the battles I fight in silence and the visions You’ve placed deep inside of me. Sometimes the journey feels heavy, and sometimes the temptations feel louder than the purpose — but God, I thank You that Your strength is made perfect in my weakness.

Lord, help me stay clear. Help me stay focused.

Help me stay aligned with the woman You’re shaping me to be. Remind me that sobriety wasn’t the end goal — it was the preparation. It was the clearing of space so You could fill me with everything I need to walk out my purpose with boldness.

Father, protect my mind from distractions. Protect my heart from old patterns. And protect my future from anything that tries to pull me backward.

When my vision feels too big for me, remind me that it came from You — and You have equipped me to carry it.

Thank You for healing, for clarity, for new beginnings, and for the strength to rise again. I trust You with my life, my purpose, and my future.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.