So we’re at the start of day two and I have a few brief minutes to post this…
Good news! We’re running ahead of schedule… the incredible night of worship we were “planning” for tonight kind of just erupted last night. For those of you who don’t know, a worship leader named Jonathan David Helser has come for his second visit to the World Race. This time Jonathan (who runs a school of worship in North Carolina and has some incredible worship albums) brought his wife and family.
Melissa, his wife, called out in worship for God’s rain to fall and almost before the words left her mouth a literal downpour started… coincidence? Maybe… but a beautiful coincidence if nothing else… you decide.
Yesterday we fought through some of the bondage from the past. I’ve said this before, but my generation is a staggeringly wounded generation. Did you know out of the 150 racers we have with us this week, over HALF of them have been physically or sexually abused at some point in their lives? It’s no surprise we spend the first 3 days talking about healing and spiritual formation, but let that statistic sober you for a moment.
Today we talk about redemption. We talk about the power of the Spirit of God and what a life truly dependent on the Lord looks like. Not a life doing good things, not a life hoping God will notice, not a life that give us a sense of satisfaction at the end of each day just so we can wake up and start the checklist all over again…
…but a life in relationship. If we only accepted that the Spirit of God was underwhelmed with our “doing” and passionate about our “being” (we’re human “beings” not human “doings” right?) It’s time to redefine some identity and this morning we’re going to do just that.
Keep praying for breakthrough! We’ve already gone further than we ever have – I’m not sure it can get better today, but God’s just big enough to outdo Himself (4 hours of worship followed by another 3 which spontaneously erupted apparently is just the beginning)…
