50 Languages. 1 Song. An Amazing Aussie. A Multitude of Worshipers. ONE AMAZING GOD.
It was exactly a week ago to-date when I witnessed one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. A foretaste of a heavenly vision. EN2010 was the buzz word around town. MOA was filled to the rafters with delegates from approximately 50+ nations and a Guinness Book of World Records attempt was made.
It was a wonderful and yet solemn moment. So awesome that when I think about it, it’s kinda hard to wrap my brain around it. I felt like John witnessing the book of Revelation unfold before my eyes. Every tribe… every nation (almost) worshiping God. I lost it when Luchie Huang sang in our native tongue. Unbelievable.
Darlene Zschech (Hillsongs Worship – Australia), spoke about worship prior to that. She shared so many things about worship but one of the most distinct things I remember about her was that she exuded the Presence of God. Amazing Aussie indeed. Here’s one of my favorite quotes from her during the conference:
Worship is the sound of a REDEEMED HEART expressing thanksgiving to an Eternal God. – Darlene Z.
I have my own little snippet of the goodness of God to me. I wasn’t there to attend the conference (can you believe that?!). I wasn’t registered at all and I only had a production pass for the ACTS Manila dance numbers which meant I didn’t have access after the performances. DH texted me to register since I was there anyway and so I inquired if there were any seats left in Level 1 because I didn’t want to be in the “Upper Room”. It was too far away from the production tent backstage and I’d probably need a binocular just to see the speaker way out there on stage because all the prime seats were probably taken already. At the registration, I saw an old friend manning the registration area and he encouraged me to go ahead cuz additional seating was made available and there were still good seats in Level 1. I went ahead smiled at the girls at the Reg Table and asked them if they could give me a nice seat. By this time, I was just too happy to find any seat in Level 1. Lo and behold, I got a front row seat stage left!!! I knew I didn’t deserve that because all my friends fell in line just to get good seats for the conference and here I was registering on the second day of the conference and yet I got one of the best seats in the house. I think it was just God’s way of showing me that with Him nothing is impossible. AMAZING GOD indeed.
I am still in awe and trying to digest all that transpired. I have an EN2010 hangover and it’s already been 1 week! hahaha Anyway, I’ll probably post other thoughts about it in the future.
Catch ya later, folks!
Tags: 50+languages, Amazing Grace, darlene zschech en2010, EN2010, Guinness Book of World Records
I can totally relate to your sentiments. I had a similar worship experience in Araneta when Hillsong United performed there last 2008 if I’m not mistaken. It was really breath taking.