It seems to me that one of things happening with the new awakening in prayer, is that we are learning that ....we need to keep learning!
We need to learn THIS season's lingo, language or expressions - so that we can be 'relevant' to the world around us. Some of us may think we don't need to, but we do! Here's great example: My husband's family speaks German - they're back ground is Mennonite. He remembers as young child, the family speaking German when they gathered for meals. Eventually over the years, that practise faded out. Recently my husband's mother moved in with us, and he began speaking German to her again, just for a fun thing for them to do. A couple of years ago, as we traveled to a Pastor and Leader's conference and me a pastor from Germany. My husband began to use some of his German on him, and this guy just started laughing. He told my husband that the German he was speaking was 'very old'...like King James English would be to today's English. What we learned from that is that my husband's family, was still using the language that they'd known since they immigrated from Russia - over 80 years ago!
See, language changes! We need to stay current with our language so that we can be relevant! Wilbur Wilberforce, awoke a sleeping giant in England, when he fought the slave trade through changing the culture of a nation! He won over politicians because he knew how to speak the Gospel, without quoting the Bible. He knew how to make relevant to the culture he was influencing, kingdom principals! He learned to speak their language!
As the Sleeping Giant wakes up....we are going to have to learn to speak to the youth in today's language. We are going to have to speak to World, in language they'll understand. We are going to have to speak to businessman, athletes , governments, in language they'll understand. AND WHEN WE DO......we'll take territory, and influence this world in ways we can't even imagine!
