We've got the power

Can't believe it.  Yesterday I wrote about the simplicity in which we need to be able to worship God.  With no frills but only with pure hearts.  That is what God is looking for.  People to worship Him in spirit and in truth.

Tonight at church, we lost power.  All power.  The staff and volunteers tried everything they could to get the power back on.  People were praying non-stop.  Praying for a miracle.  Praying for power.

Everything was off when we got there for rehearsal an hour and a half before church started.  We couldn't rehearse cause we had no power.  The sound system was silent.  The lights were dark.  Time slowly moved along as it always does.  It became time to improvise.  We would have no electric instruments to use, so our leader, Rhulani Garrine, said we need to play with acoustic guitars.  Now playing with a couple of unplugged acoustic guitars in front of a thousand people to lead worship might have been a tricky thing, but God came through using people.  They got enough power to run the stage lights and they fetched an old PA system from somewhere in storage.  The miracle started as people were still praying.  There was power.

Twenty minutes before the service started, 5 of us organised acoustic guitars, changed the list and we plugged into the small PA system, with our 3 worship leaders.  The choir also appeared and gave life to the stage.  We were set.  Where we usually have visuals and lyrics on screen, there was nothing.  All the moving lights were motionless. The sound system was much smaller than usual. No drums, no bass, no keyboards. Nothing fancy.  Only 5 acoustics and 3 singers... and hungry hearts for God.

It was such an amazing experience worshiping like that for 30 minutes.  People were pouring out their hearts into the arms of God.  Nothing could stop us.  We had the power.  We were unstoppable.  We were in this war and we were set on winning.  It was about people getting saved.

The music ministry team in unity

The pastor preached a great message and Rhulani did the altar call.  It was amazing.  So many people gave their lives to Jesus.  We had won.  We always win. 1 John 4:4 "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."


I sat in the dark praying beforehand, and I knew something special was going to happen tonight.  Just before we started I told Rhulani that I think God is going to do something amazing.  He did.  God works best when we are not perfect. He works best when we are empty.  His light shines brightest in the dark and that's what happened.  He shone.