The Jesus Generation

Some years back, we read of people born in different periods being classified as generation X or generation Y etc. The social classifiers (mostly commercially linked) tried to put people into periods with distinct market related characteristics (for the sake of selling the right consumption products to each niche people market) by the chronological years in which they were born. This watchman did a bit of market-related study on such classifications then. Of course nothing of original note or unique worthiness came out of the study. Any serious researcher will admit that there are no fixed factors. One famous management saying at one time was, “The only constant is change.” Having been in the management scene practically all of my corporate years, I have learned this important fact and principle: “Do not attempt to presume and classify an individual.”
Because this is not a management blog, I will proceed to share of some recent testimonies of Christian individuals I have met who have lived a fruitful life in the Kingdom of God and have never fit into any ‘sociology-commercial’ or ‘pseudo-psychology’ categories.
I have been honored and blessed to meet with a godly couple. A medical (dentistry) doctor and his wife who used to be a professional nurse until she became a full-time housewife cum intercessor. When I listened to their sharing I was humbled and touched. The man (now in his mid-fifties) came from a Christian family and went through the whole journey of being in Sunday school, junior and senior youth in the church. When he attended university, he was exposed to and discipled by many Christian theological and Bible-focused scholars and practitioners. He was also given many opportunities to serve the Lord in various Great-Commission-oriented evangelical ministries. After graduation he heard from the Lord, “Give Me your best 25 years.”
He went back to his hometown, started his dentistry practice (as a ‘tent-maker’) and resumed serving as an elder in his home church. He continued this ministry for thirty years to date. When I interviewed him I perceived his unwavering and ever-burning zeal and passion for the Lord and the Great Commission given by Jesus to the disciples. His wife and his children (two medical doctors and one dentist) too serve the Lord actively. This is a family of disciples of Jesus. Their affluence and professional successes have not diverted them from their first love.
The head of the house shared how he was overwhelmed by the great love of God in the form of brilliant light twice in his life, comforting him at his depressed moments when he felt such burdens on his shoulder from the external environment in spiritual valley (family and church lives not being what he wanted them to be). He shared how the love of God changed his perspectives.
What generations are they? They are members of only one generation -the Jesus generation. The Child of God generation. They are timeless. They live the characteristics of the Kingdom of God people.

Journey to see God: see His goodness and longsuffering

God's divine goodness and longsuffering come together. We are required to emulate God just as the apostle Paul has stated in his letters to Timothy. It is the sign of a new creation, a child of God, born of the Holy Spirit. It comes together with the other godly characteristics. It is manifested in the salvation of Christ Jesus, and a pattern for all believers in Jesus!
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Here are the Bible verses to remember as we meditate on the goodness of God (http://kzlam36.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/journey-to-see-god-see-his-goodness-to-re-possess-our-grounds/)

1. Exodus 34:6
   And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
   Exodus 34:5-7 (in Context) Exodus 34 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
2. Numbers 14:18
   ‘The Lord is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.’
   Numbers 14:17-19 (in Context) Numbers 14 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
3. Psalm 86:15
   But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.
   Psalm 86:14-16 (in Context) Psalm 86 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
4. Romans 2:4
   Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
   Romans 2:3-5 (in Context) Romans 2 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
5. Romans 9:22
   What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
   Romans 9:21-23 (in Context) Romans 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
6. 2 Corinthians 6:6
   by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love,
   2 Corinthians 6:5-7 (in Context) 2 Corinthians 6 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
7. Galatians 5:22
   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
   Galatians 5:21-23 (in Context) Galatians 5 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
8. Ephesians 4:2
   with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,
   Ephesians 4:1-3 (in Context) Ephesians 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
9. Colossians 1:11
   strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
   Colossians 1:10-12 (in Context) Colossians 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
10. Colossians 3:12
    [ Character of the New Man ] Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
    Colossians 3:11-13 (in Context) Colossians 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
11. 1 Timothy 1:16
    However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
    1 Timothy 1:15-17 (in Context) 1 Timothy 1 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
12. 2 Timothy 3:10
    [ The Man of God and the Word of God ] But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,
    2 Timothy 3:9-11 (in Context) 2 Timothy 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
13. 2 Timothy 4:2
    Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.
    2 Timothy 4:1-3 (in Context) 2 Timothy 4 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
14. 1 Peter 3:20
    who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
    1 Peter 3:19-21 (in Context) 1 Peter 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
15. 2 Peter 3:9
    The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
    2 Peter 3:8-10 (in Context) 2 Peter 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
16. 2 Peter 3:15
    and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
    2 Peter 3:14-16 (in Context) 2 Peter 3 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations