What Happens When God Shows Up?

Did you ever plan out a day only to spontaneously put it aside for someone special and then end up having the best day of your life?

Well, that is what happened last night at Faith, Hope, and Love Center. Pastor David had a well-organized prayer service in mind. Bro Izzy and I had a great night of We Build Kids/BGMC planned for the kids as well. It would have been their first night of puppet training.

It started with the worship. We just could not stop singing His praises. The Bible says that God inhabits the praises of His people. This is what it means---when people celebrate a celebrity, and invite him or her to their celebration, any good celebrity will show up.

Have you ever known people that light up the room as soon as they walk in? You may not see them at first, but you know they are there. They are the life of the party, the ones who make everybody feel good and feel that they are special. They could be speaking to a crowd, but you feel like they are speaking to you. They keep you thinking for weeks about the one little comment they shared with you. Well, this is the God whom we serve. He is our Number One Celebrity.

Who cares that we had an agenda? As soon as we knew He was in the room, we threw out our talking points, got up close and just enjoyed His presence. Who cared about our board meeting? The one person showed up that always has a way of turning heads and changing the conversation. Normal business could wait. Bro Izzy and I could do our program and share our missionary story on Sunday.

One by one, people started streaming to the altar. They just wanted to reach out and touch God, our celebrity came to our celebration party thrown in His honor. They cried as He spoke to them and gave them words of encouragement. His touch, like the warm hands of a mother brought growth, a sense of security, and most importantly, love.

After the time at the altar, it seemed that the whole church had something to say. One by one, the people got up and spoke about how God had answered their prayers over the past week and how He had just spoken to them at the altar. Needless to say, God was in the house.