Marketplace Kingdom Season Three Episode 6: Permission to Be Who You Are

A while back, I took the opportunity to visit the church of a
pastor with whom I'd been talking. That Sunday he poured out his
heart from the platform. He shared a vision for the transforming
power of the presence of God moving through their congregation,
healing lives and moving people out of the seats and into the
streets. The Holy Spirit was palpably present and many were quietly
moved to tears. But when he finished and invited people to come
forward to pray with members of the ministry team, almost no one
did. Many told him afterward how “touched” or “moved” they were by
his words, but then quickly left. Others were silent, thoughtful,
even struggling…but made their way to the doors and parking lot.
Two days later we met for coffee. When I asked for his thoughts on
why so many were touched but so few responded, he was quiet for a
long time. Finally said softly, “No one has ever given them
permission to want more! No one has ever given them permission to
be desperate.” How often have you been given permission to be
desperate? Different? Unique? To get the job done but to do it in
your own way? To go after more when others seem satisfied? Does it
seem that the “now” and the “how” of the calling you sense just
doesn’t quite fit with the reasoned and orderly and dignified
“when” and the “way things are done” of those around you? You’re
not alone! This is the topic of today’s Marketplace Kingdom
conversation. We hope you’ll join us and invite others to do so as
well. It’s time! Listen. Be encouraged…and find “Permission to Be
Who You Are!”