Kairos times

Many at my former church will recall a time when God moved and spoke more powerfully than possibly any other time in the long history of that church? Some 15 or so years ago, a time the pastor recalls as his most difficult "pulpit" time, but a true "kairos" time when the Lord chose to transform lives and bestow "new names".

Many at my former church will recall a time when God moved and spoke more powerfully than possibly any other time in the long history of that church? Some 15 or so years ago, a time the pastor recalls as his most difficult "pulpit" time, but a true "kairos" time when the Lord chose to transform lives and bestow "new names".

The pastor remained faithful and obedient in the midst of persecution and oppression within the congregation (remember Jesus words about prophets in their own land?). And yes, some lives were forever changed by God through that faithfulness.

My wife and I went from spiritual "milk" to "meat" under this pastor's faithful, humble and vulnerable teaching. And yes, we were both given new "names" at different times and in different, Grace-filled, loving ways.

We now hunger and thirst for God constantly in our lives, and the infinite love of Jesus poured out on our formerly wretched but transforming souls prompts a deep love and compassion for His "sheep".

This IS what Jesus referred to when He declared, "The Kingdom is at hand." We live in "already, not yet" times when the resurrected Jesus invites us to join Him in making all things new.

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Postscript: As I prepare to venture up to Lake Tahoe another time, I can't help but remember that time when I was given my "new name". Dobbins Hall on the Zephyr Pt. conference grounds (zephyr - wind - Holy Spirit) was the setting for a truly Holy Spirit-filled evening, one when many men got new names and a faithful pastor/shepherd was drained completely as the Lord's vessel. "Encourager, Eagle who waits upon the Lord", and hence my own Lakota/Celtic version, Patrick Perching Eagle Watters . . . still learning to "wait" upon the Lord before soaring out on the wind of the Spirit.