I recently just went to a Switchfoot concert. The last time I went to one of their concerts was when I was a junior in high school in Chicago. The funny thing is that I have a specific memory from that concert.
I went with a couple of student community leaders from our student group and a couple other high schoolers. I remember that Nick and I were sitting on a bench at 11 o 'clock at night and we were talking about colleges. I still was wavering from the Bible College realm to the University realm. Journalism or Ministry? Nick told me that he thought I would grow more efficiently at a Bible College with a Christian roommate than with a roommate that came back to the room drunk.
Weird how that conversation stuck in my mind. It seemed to be a necessary Holy Moment, even though I didn't realize it.
Well I went to this Switchfoot concert with Waylon and his youth group. It was fun because the concert floor wasn't packed so you didn't feel like you were being suffocated by people. We heard Ruth, Reliant K and then Switchfoot came on stage.
There seemed to be a weight to there music that didn't seem to be found in the other bands. So we were watching them and thoroughly enjoying them and the singer started singing a song and started moving through the audience. He ended up about ten feet away from us and it was amazing how people gravitated to him and tried to touch him. It was a weird reality.
So the lead singer was having this moment in the audience and most of the audience was captivated by this moment. They understood the weight in the air and the mass behind the message. But, there were those who didn't get it, and didn't care much for the message. They were loud and obnoxious and extremely distracting.
It wasn't just that they were distracting it was that they were distracting the community from the Holy moment presented. From the Holy message that was trying to be relayed.
How many times do we miss the Holy Moment because we are not looking for it, or because we like hearing our own voices more than anything?
Does the church ever get to lost in it's own 'mission' and 'vision' that it misses the holy moment?
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I think the church (the body of Christ at large as well) misses the Holy Moments lots of times...
We get so fixed on our way of seeing and hearing things that we completely ignore the presence of God, and His work in our lives...
I have seen it in scripture (the Pharisees not recognizing Jesus for who he really was for example) and in practical life...times of worship that get sideswipped because of a preordained schedule...all because we weren't listening to the right voice...
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