Let The Future Begin Tour came through Kansas City last night and I am so glad that they did. I am thanking Jesus for allowing me to be able to attend. Being led by the Passion Band in worship was truly something special.
On the drive back to my friend’s house, Mirah asked us if we got anything from the Lord during praise and worship, the message, or both. My mind was racing. So many things were running through my head. I hadn’t yet been able to wrap my head around what had just happened. I answered with the only sure answer I could give in that moment – How amazing it is when you have a big group of people come together worshiping God. It’s so powerful and so sweet. Yes, having worship time with just you and the Lord is so precious, but there is also something special in coming together with others and singing praises to our Father. It’s sweet, uplifting, encouraging, and reviving.
Now that I was up half the night because I was too hyped to go to sleep, I’ve had some time to process what happened in that building. So Mirah, here is your answer! 🙂
It was a night where every song they sang was exciting. I said to myself (and out loud) “Oh I love this song, it’s my favorite!” to every single song I’m pretty sure. We got to sing some of the same songs we sang at Passion 2012 which was pretty cool. The memories came flooding in and I was reminded of the many ways in which God changed my life that year in Atlanta. There were so many things in my life that were keeping me at a distance from God and keeping me from doing what He was calling me to do, but God set me free from those. Some of the most special, powerful, and life changing 4 days of my life happened at the Georgia Dome in January of 2012.
Thinking about it last night, remembering Passion 2012, left me standing in awe and amazement at what Jesus did in Georgia and what He has done in my life since. All I could do was say “Thank you, Jesus, thank you!” My heart was flooded with gratefulness and joy.
And then we had a gigantic dance party. The whole night we all stood in our rows, that is until “God’s Great Dance Floor” played. Apparently I wasn’t the only one looking forward to that song! At the sound of the very first note to the song, just about every person in the building was walking up front to the stage going crazy.
Dancing to the song with a few hundred others was just as amazing as I thought it would be. And quite the work out too! haha.
In the midst of jumping and dancing though, the lyrics were screaming out at me.
“Take me, this is all I can bring. You’ll never stop loving us no matter how far we run. You’ll never give up on us, all of heaven is shouting, let the future begin.”
It’s a message of Hope. Grace. Mercy. Celebration. Love.
No matter where we come from, no matter what we’ve done, no matter how far we run, God’s love for us never stops. It’s never ending. It’s never changing.
Last night we celebrated that truth by dancing our hearts out!
And then, for the cherry on top, we ended the night singing “In Christ Alone.” Talk about a powerful moment. I’m still not quite sure how to explain what I felt during that song but I’m going to try!
I looked around and saw a few hundred unfamiliar faces but it didn’t feel like I was surrounded by a bunch of people I’ve never met. For those couple of moments, I was surrounded by my brothers and sisters rather than a bunch of strangers. And I truly was.
There we were, brothers and sisters in Christ, singing at the top of our lungs, crying out to God. It didn’t matter if you were singing in tune or not. It didn’t matter if you were clapping off beat. It didn’t matter if you looked completely ridiculous as you danced. Nobody was paying attention to that. What mattered was that we were all encountering Jesus.
I didn’t have a conversation with any of them and I will probably never see them again. And if I do I’m probably not going to say “Hey, that dude was at the LTFB tour in KC!”. But yet it was a sense of unity like I’ve never felt before. And the one person who was uniting us altogether….Jesus. It was amazing.
Maybe I am the only person in that building who experienced that, I don’t know, but I think it was just a small glimpse of what heaven is going to be like!
After the song ended a guy standing in front of me glanced over to the person next to him, put his hand over his heart, and patted it. The look on his face said it all. God was in that place and He did something amazing not just in that guy’s heart but I think every person in the building.
Friends, Jesus is alive and well!
Such an incredible night of praise and worship on God’s great dance floor with my brothers and sisters. It was beautiful.
In other news, I just checked my World Race account. I am 10% of the way to being fully funded!!!
*insert happy dance*
You guys are blowing me away!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just can’t say it enough!
