The
California
trip was an interesting success. Always interesting to combine the geeky with
the prophetic. Probably can’t say too much about the trip, but I could tell I
was walking in a bubble of grace and I was startled by the clarity of vision in
the area. Let me summarize it by saying that I expect a grassroots movement of
the Kingdom in SoCal. I’m used to God doing stuff there, but grassroots? That’s
kind of new.
I’m
much more focused locally right now. And by “locally,” I mean my bride, my
kids, the folks around me. Relationships are king right now, and while I’m
seeing that personally, I believe that relationship (more than program,
membership, etc.) is a big deal to God right now too. In that context, we’ve
encountered some remarkable battles recently. It’s not surprising that Jesus
showed up and showed out each time, nor that the demons don’t like eviction
notices. I’ve appreciated covering prayer, for myself, my family, and the folks
alongside.
I
have observed that a whole lot of folks in this movement (“prophetic movement”?
“Kingdom”? “apostolic age”?) have been hit with a couple of trials recently. I’ve
watched a very large number of leaders facing an unusually strong issue of
discouragement in the past two or three weeks, and I’ve felt that myself. I’ve
observed a goodly number of confident leaders wrestling with their confidence
and their mission, and I suspect this is connected to the movement from
membership to relationship.
You
know, God is pretty cool. He manages to be an omnipotent, omniscient creator,
and still be passionate, involved Daddy at the same time. I think I like it
that way.
