Ghost in the Machine

Everything seemed to go wrong this past Sunday morning at the International Church. Why is it that this tends to happen when VIP's (aka: bosses from the regional and national offices) come to town??

1. The room wasn't cleared so by the time we were set up we'd lost about 1/2 hour of practice time.

2. The mic's were initially nowhere to be found and by the time they were located another 15 minutes were gone.

3. When the system was finally hooked up and we were ready to practice, there was a noticabley loud, persistent and buzzing feedback--ironically caused by the feedback monitors! As time was steadily ticking by we simply set the monitors aside and worked through the set.

Without the feedback monitors we all felt quite lost in a sea of swirling music that never seemed to catch the same wave. Also, due to the time we'd lost in the beginning, we didn't even get to run through the whole set. It was a difficult practice to say the least!

Did I mention that our big bosses from the National Office were in town to witness all this?

Well, there one thing that we do every Sunday and is something that we held to even a bit tighter on this particular morning. We pray before the service. There's something to be said about kneeling before the King together amidst the chaos. It quiets your soul and puts things in perspective. It's all about Him.

In the end, everything went very well. We were able to let the practice troubles go and truly worship the King. Several in the congregation commented how they too were able to really enter into worship. Worship continued through the message which resonated in hearts about Jesus and springs of Living Water. The concepts illustrated so well. God was amidst us this Sunday morning and we knew it.

Considering how the morning started, that it worked out this way amazing and totally God's doing. Sometimes I think it's good that we have these times where things don't go according to our plan, because it's then that we get to see His shine all the brighter.

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Footnote: a few days later David had gone back to work with the tech guy to figure out what was wrong with the sound system. They hooked everything up exactly as before... and there was nothing wrong!