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I am so proud of playing with a bunch of passionate, creative, and fun-loving people! Though people have came and left, I am glad that as a pioneer of this band, I stayed on to make things happen with you guys. Not only leading worship and creating an atmosphere for it, but to build a budding relationship with each and every single one of you. Yesterday as I briefly led the 2 praise songs Elevate Your Name and Shout it Loud, as well as My Life, Your Song, I can truly say that we have arrived. Though I could tell that some of you arent entirely confident of playing through all the songs, the presence of God was there, and that alone is all people need to receive a touch, a revelation, a vision, a purpose from Him.
As I sat through service yesterday, I felt that as Pastor preached on the various needs that needed to be met, we need to be very much conscious of our spiritual needs as well. Over the years, ministry sessions in our services has changed. It used to be that as youths, Pastor would have altar calls week after week, lay hands on us, people fall under the power of God and allow us to get filled on the inside. It used to be that people will get slain. But right now, all that has been reduced to being prayed for. The only reason I could ever think of, its probably the church entering into the marketplace, catering to the needs of young working professionals. Just for the record, I am not denying the power of prayer, but my heart aches for the newer generation of believers that have never experienced such radical ministry. My heart aches because some of them have seldom fell under the power of God.
I am sure that most of the leaders/connect group leaders would agree that the key defining moments in their Christian walk would be the times when they got really ministered to. It is only through those times where their lives get transformed, mindsets changed. And yet, the sad fact is we are seeing less and less of it. Of course, I am not saying that everytime you MUST fall under the power or whatever. But we need to experience it (ministry) often enough to recharge, refill and renew. It all boils down to spiritual hunger. and our spiritual disciplines. Where has that special moment gone, where a person randomly strums a song and suddenly it becomes a small prayer meeting and people get touched, words for each other get spoken, and people literally cry out and kneel/ prostrate before the altar?
I refuse to believe that is a thing of the past. Simply because Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever. If you are as hungry as you were before when you were at that special meeting, then you have not broken through. I distinctly recall the last time I was really burdened. It was at my harbourfront place, and we were having a prayer meeting, without any aircon, and only fan to blow. But that didnt stop me from being burdened. I felt as if there was a weight upon my back and I was weeping. As I prayed for growth for the cell group especially the guys, I was tearing buckets. And when I was done, the weight was gone. This is just a snippet from one of my memories, and especially during such encounters, we dont want to just stop there. But eventually all good things come to an end (including such experiences with God). Immediately the next service, the next quiet time, the next prayer meeting, the next time you seek God, you got to tell God "there must be more than this." UNTIL you encounter Him again.
Dig deeper guys. Dig deeper. There is no point reminiscing your former SOT days, because I believe whatever happened in SOT for you, can happen anywhere else. SOT is not the Promised Land where you have milk and honey. (It probably is for most who have limited encounters) Dont you ever think your spirtual graph hits a maximum point at SOT. If it does, then your spiritual life is on the downhill already and you gotta do something about it. I myself need to dig deeper, and dig harder as I return to Australia so I am as human as you are. Just probably different from the girls physically.
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