I am at a conference right now, and I just experienced something incredible. The conference is called “deeper level” and for the second time, they have meet in Houston, TX. This whole conference has been an experience, as I didnt know who my contact was, and I didn’t know where we were staying, but I know that God had something in store for this weekend! 

This morning we started a little late due to some technical issues, and we were worried that the 40 min late start time would dampen our ability to go to lunch at noon. [which is what my schedule said.] In the moment, we all freaked out a bit. Everybody was trying to control the situation… in any way we as humans know how to. In a desperate attempt to bring to life a dead room [production terms... a dead room is one without anything going on] we threw in one of Israel Houghton’s dvd’s. At the end of the song [on dvd], Israel walked on stage and just finished the song live because the spirit of the lord had made himself present. For the next two hours of nothing but worship, we sang the same song. over and over. without a sense of urgency.

The bridge… “Oh!” rang through the building for over an hour. I cannot begin to explain the impact this small word [if even a word] had on my life, as God began to show me that… regardless of what a schedule says, and aside from the fact that you don’t have any sort of order of worship… I am here. I am in control. I am life. 

in these moments of our deepest desire to control the situation… we need to step back and just say “Yes Lord” because he is actually in the moment… and most likely he had it all under control in the first place! 

then funny thing is that God had it all planned out.. and the ending of this story is incredible… our lunch time on our schedule was printed wrong, and in the conference book it said that lunch wasnt until 1:00pm. and so, in the end God actually had planned for us to worship him longer than expected. and worship his name even though we had a technical glitch! Our God is in Control! He is always here. 

HE IS NEAR!

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