What's a Kairos Moment?

Kairos is a greek word meaning "right or opportune moment". In Scripture you can read Mark 1:15 to see a Kairos moment. My Kairos happened recently in Williamsburg, Kansas. I went up there with my pastor to a week long camp. What happened blew me away. Everything I thought I knew theologically was shaken up. Everything I thought I knew about the church was overturned. It was a time when I was forced to look at myself through the lens of Scripture and admit that the way I had been doing things was turning me into a Pharisee, not a Disciple.

We talk about spiritual warfare as Christians, but rarely do we actually live it. I saw a woman who was so possessed with demons she could barely function. Of course, I had always admitted demon possession was possible, but only in the thirld world countries. I mean, this is America. We don't do that here. Well, not only does it happen here, it's a lot more common that I thought. Watching her be dealt with and having the demons cast out did more to bring alive Scripture than I could ever imagine.

On one of the nights I went through what is called the Seven Steps to Freedom. It's consecrating yourself before God. Confessing everything that might be a hindrance or an affront to God. It was there that I experienced Godly sorrow for the first time. To get these lifelong sins off my chest was truly breaking bondage.

But the real Kairos moment came on the last day. We were scheduled to attend our last teaching session, but the Holy Spirit had other ideas. There was a light sprinkle which somehow shut all the power off. As we were waiting of the electricity to come back on, we started singing and worshipping. Shorly after that the Spirit moved and people began to confess the burdens they had been carrying and repenting of pride and holding grudges towards the church. It was an amazing thing to see. All the different gifts were functioning as they were supposed to, strongholds were being broken and relationships with God were being restored. It was watching that unfold that I knew I could never go back to traditional church. Could never go back and be part of a passive congregation listening to the same pastor week after week. The church of Acts is still alive! And I must be a part of it!