A reflection on a prophetic word of the Lord to Kairos and the Sword of the Spirit
For some years now the Lord has been at work in our young people throughout the Sword of the Spirit. A season of grace is upon us, and a wave of response is building. The Lord has spoken to the entire Sword of the Spirit about going through an open door in mission, and significantly the Lord spoke to leaders attending the International Coordinators Meeting in Santo Domingo (May 2008) regarding the call they are to issue to our young people:
Say to the youth of the Sword of the Spirit and to the multitude who will join them “Believe my word, believe the word that I have spoken to the generation that has gone before you, believe in the word that I gave to your parents, for that call that I gave to them is the call that I give to you. Yet the call that I gave to them is only a part of the call that I will give to you. The call I will give to you will go beyond what I have said and what I have done so far.”
Say to the youth of the Sword of the Spirit and to the multitude who will join them “I want more from you than I asked from your parents. I want more from you than I required of the generation that has gone before you. I have asked them for everything, and I ask you for more. I ask you for all that you have, all that you will have, all that you hope to have. For that, I will give you a crown of glory. For that, I will give you martyrdom. For that, I will give you a place in the battle. I lay a choice before you, before the youth of the Sword of the Spirit and the multitude who will join you, and I ask you to say ‘YES. Say, ‘Yes.’
I believe that the Lord is speaking seriously, and that a serious response is required. The Lord is calling our Kairos generation to be a generation of Joshuas, a generation of Elishas.
Those involved in Kairos are laboring to respond to the Lord’s word and seeking to understand what it means that the call will “go beyond” what the Lord has said and done thus far, and what it means that the Lord is “asking more” and will “give martyrdom.” May the Lord open our ears and strengthen our hearts, for such a time as this, Kairos.
This reflection by Dave Quintana was first published in the October 2011 Living Bulwark Issue.
Dave Quintana is currently the presiding elder of the Servants of the Word, a missionary brotherhood of men living single for the Lord, and a member of the executive council of the Sword of the Spirit. He currently lives in Lansing, Michigan, USA.