I’m going to risk being criticized by issuing an unusual challenge to the emerging voices of this young generation. Recent dissatisfaction with the Church (for whatever reason…) has caused a knee-jerk reaction of rejection of almost everything that represents corporate expression of faith with what previous generations have built.
Many contentions that lead to “railing against the machine” are probably valid, but the time has come to present solutions and actions that will lead to kingdom transformations. Many of the institutions that promised something that could not be delivered are crumbling (from politics to certain faith systems). Paradigms that were relied upon to sustain a particular way of life are proving to be false foundations that have left us empty and unfulfilled (consumerism, materialism, greed).
The hour we are in gives us no room for complaining and retreating into our fantasy world of virtual realities. It is time for a clear trumpet call! It is time for voices with answers to stand up and declare truth to their generation. It is time for prophets and evangelists to be released with a message of hope and enough anointing to back it up. It is a time to put it all on the line and prove what we have only given mental assent to in the past.
Young leaders, this is your hour! If you can be bold enough to come out of your place of obscurity and carry the burden of your generation, the stage is set and the world is waiting for you! Never in history has there been a moment like this. There may never be another one like it.
Previous generations have labored for their day. Many leaders are weary and ready to pass the baton and open doors that you could not open for yourself. In many cases there is no one to hand the baton to and no one ready to walk through the open door.
Let’s work together to see the greatest advancement of the kingdom that the world has ever witnessed in a generation. There are “opportunities of a lifetime” but there is a lifetime to every opportunity.
That’s a good word. Nobody likes complainers who only whine and never offer solutions.
Also, rebellious attitudes will not build a glorious church. We must honor the foundation laid by the sweat and tears of our fathers while simultaneously rejecting the apathetic nonsense that has taken hold of the Western church.