11-11-2018, 08:25 AM
On the one hand, I would gladly give my life to see this thing spread across the world. On the other hand, I honestly believe God has given us a multi-generational strategy, so my end is unlikely to be that dramatic. There comes a point when the real curriculum is our daily human existence to be read by the heart, not the words we might offer. Paul's first missionary journey was roughly twenty years after the Ascension of Christ. Their methods simply don't fit our situation, at least not yet.
On the one hand, I'd love to be in a position to travel with this message. On the other hand, I'm not sure I'm the right guy for that mission. For now, I'm still focused on praying that we few can simply meet once in the flesh somehow, never mind some kind of missionary journeys. We don't yet have any kind of openings where we can expect an audience when we go somewhere. There would have to be an awful lot of circumstantial changes in this country first. This is simply way too foreign right now, so the nature of our work means a very slow penetration. Without divine assistance in the publicity department, we have to think in terms of the long haul.
You are doing it right, Iain. Give what you can to those who will listen. But I've been trying to approach this from the angle that my writing is mostly aimed at helping us become the gospel message. There's already a ton of crap for folks to read ("data overload") so we have to distinguish our message by getting attention some other way. I believe that's the better focus.
On the one hand, I'd love to be in a position to travel with this message. On the other hand, I'm not sure I'm the right guy for that mission. For now, I'm still focused on praying that we few can simply meet once in the flesh somehow, never mind some kind of missionary journeys. We don't yet have any kind of openings where we can expect an audience when we go somewhere. There would have to be an awful lot of circumstantial changes in this country first. This is simply way too foreign right now, so the nature of our work means a very slow penetration. Without divine assistance in the publicity department, we have to think in terms of the long haul.
You are doing it right, Iain. Give what you can to those who will listen. But I've been trying to approach this from the angle that my writing is mostly aimed at helping us become the gospel message. There's already a ton of crap for folks to read ("data overload") so we have to distinguish our message by getting attention some other way. I believe that's the better focus.