On Wednesday's our base comes together for a time of worship and teaching and last night was no different. However, honestly, I wasn't in the mood to go. My attitude was "please, Lord, don't let it be a two hour mid-week service." I'm just being honest here.
I walked into the room and, Swazi, one of our African brothers, started with, "if your attitude is bad, pray and ask God to change your attitude." BAM! Called out by God in front of an entire room full of people. To be honest, I probably wasn't the only one! The Lord checked my heart and I checked my heart and decided that, though I didn't feel great, I would enter into worship.
Jeremy started and, let me tell you, the Presence of God was, well, present! We began to sing, you make beautiful things, you make beautiful things out of the dust. You make beautiful things, you make beautiful things out of us. Wow! When you really listen to the words and realize that He took our tired, dusty, parched selves and He added some water until we were filled with the joy of Him and He makes us into new creations...Wow! At this point, you may be thinking that this was my moment...nope.
As worship came to a close, Lennon, another African brother, stood to teach. He didn't take a great deal of time. He spoke of Jesus and the washing of the disciples feet. Humbling Himself, he washed away the dirt and grime from their feet, but I believe He was also washing away much more than they could ever know. Then Lennon did what I knew He was going to do, he invited us to humble ourselves and wash one anothers feet.
No one hesitated. People were getting to their feet and immediately asking others "can I wash your feet?" We were eager to wash away the dirt and grime of others days. We were eager to humble ourselves and pray for others and be an example to the young people in the room. The thing is...the young people became my moment.
You see, the young daughter of our leaders, asked one of the little guys on our base could she wash his feet. Christian is only three and Emma is 10. As Christian tried to sit on the chair and put his feet in the water, you could see on his face that he knew this was something real. Usually quite full of himself and silly, in this moment he was serious. His little tongue stuck out to one side in concentration, fully focused on what Emma was doing. Emma, with head bowed over his little feet, washing away the dirt and the grime, praying over her little friend. There was such a moment of pure innocence that my heart broke inside of me. When the entire moment started, I wanted to take a picture, but God said, "no, just watch." As I watched this exchange, my heart began to weep. Such pure innocence in action, Jesus in action.
This moment, released a fresh anointing into the air. The little children came to Him and He didn't turn them away, but used them to refresh a heart that had begun to feel that such pure, simple innocence was forever gone from this earth.
God bless the children for they are the future.
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