The Times...They are a-Changin'

[nahkoe]

I'm one of these too. I don't, currently, serve in the current model. I can't seem to find my place. I'm not necessary, and I shake the foundations that some hold so dear without having any intention of doing it. I'm fiercely loyal. I'd gladly serve in whatever capacity I was needed in. But I've found I'm not welcome in some places, for a multitude of reasons. So I just wait.

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

This post is an ode to a dying day.

The problem is that too many... especially of the passing paradigm... feel that the method is as important as the message.

The method sheds it's skin from time to time. Probably once per generation. The method changes. The error is in seeing people in error for no longer agreeing with the previous method.

I am one of those who serves in the current model.

I hold offices. I am a preacher. I have been known to speak at camp meetings and fellowship meetings and will do so again.

I get behind that pulpit and I preach the message. I don't feel that many aspects of the method are the best for our day and hour but I don't see any profit or Godliness in using the pulpit to destroy what is now in place.

They don't know that I am "one of those". There are many of us who are "one of those". We long for and work toward a different day and yet serve with all our might in this present day. I will never fight the current model but I will be ready when the next model comes to life. I have been ready for years.

Why don't they know that I am one of those? Because those who are sold out to a paradigm judge us too quickly because our methods are different.

Because our tree is not planted in their orchard they say our tree is not planted.

Because our priorities outside the message itself differ from their own they see us as aloof and undedicated.

They are quick to judge us and make all manner of accusation against what they will never attempt to understand.

So I toil among them. Loving them. Ministering to the saints of their churches. And awaiting the day. Awaiting the inevitable day that this paradigm shift will occur in earnest. They don't know I am here because they would ridicule and ostracize if they knew my thoughts so I am content to serve them... and serve them well... as I await the day that God makes the change and I hope that, at that time, my God sees that I have been a faithful, non judgmental and patient servant of His Kingdom no matter the paradigm that I serve Him under.

In that day... some will be surprised at how quickly I became "one of them" because they never knew that I was one of them all the time. We are here. We are temporarily silent. And we are many.

We await the day that the dream God has placed within us because a reality. When God places a dream it will come to pass. One need only walk in patience and belief.