Clairvaux Manifesto, page 183

(quote) Being a word-bearer for the King is not a slow-mo, ambient-lighted, movie scene of an adventure— not when the word-bearer gets sent, time and again, to struggling leaders in big positions (big by their terms). Often, the messenger gets shot in the back. Most of the time, the messenger is so deep in the web of networks, so far removed from the front office, that the word-bearer is totally forgotten once the dust settles. The wordbearer is often marginalized, mocked, and misunderstood by most people on the “inside”. When dealing with sick and diseased infrastructures, the most authentic kingdom authority is typically found outside the current structures. That’s one reason why Jesus was crucified outside the city of Jerusalem.

Word-bearers pursue God with every ounce of their strength until they are the weakest ones around. That’s the irony of being God’s wordbearers; it means becoming burden-bearers of the weightiest things of heaven. In becoming entrusted with heaven’s words, word-bearers become burden-bearers of things that cannot be picked up and carried in a natural way. It is not easy to speak one word to a church and then watch it close its doors for good. It is not easy to stand with a leader of leaders while they pull the pin from their own grenade. It is not easy to serve a movement from the outside while many on the inside reinforce their walls.

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