Blown Away by God

I never thought it would come down to this, but I'm actually blogging instead of doing homework. I feel like I'm using my blog... but it's my blog right? So I guess it doesn't matter how I treat it :)

I had a really cool experience with the youth group last night. I was teaching on worship and I made three points:

1. Worship is an expression of a relationship with the Lord
2. Worship is an expression of appreciation towards the Lord
3. Worship is an expression of "Awe" or being blown away by God

Well, when I got to the end, I asked the kids how often they felt like they were in Awe of God, like they had been blown away by God. I got a few kids who said "sometimes" but I'll be honest, the best answer was from a little boy on the front row who said "never."

Now that is refreshing. What a lesson I could learn from that child. I have learned that I can't help the youth if they don't tell me how they really feel. So for him to say he never felt blown away by God gave me a foundation on which to build. The best part came next though. There is a little girl who comes on Wednesday nights named Alyssa. Alyssa is ten years old and lives in the low-income housing across the street from the church; she walks to church every Wednesday night on her own. I asked the class why they thought they never felt blown away by God during worship and Alyssa said "Because God is up in Heaven and I can't see him so I don't know what to do. It's hard to believe He is there."

Wow, I was so blown away by this answer, but it opened up such an opportunity for me to tell the kids about how God lives inside of us through His Spirit and that He is always with us. I just felt so much of the presence of the Lord in that room when Alyssa told me that. I knew the kids didn't have much knowledge of the Spirit, but I didn't want to force it on them; I wanted them to come to me, and they did.

Every week God just shows me how powerful he is through these young people. Its is so refreshing to know that even if I don't understand what God is doing in my life, in my personal life, I can see his hand in my ministry. It is probably what I would consider the best feeling in the world. I am just so excited to see what else God has in store.