I didn’t really want to go. I was gone from my family all of last weekend, and the thought of driving to Detroit and chaperoning a bunch of teens wasn’t high on my take-it-easy-this-weekend playbook. But my buddy Derek needed some help, so I said yes.
Thank God.
Derek and I took a group of 20 teens to Acquire the Fire in Detroit on Friday and Saturday. My expectations were small—to be extremely worn out and stressed by Sunday. While I did experience some fatigue, what I did not expect was to see God working through these teens. I didn’t expect to know what true joy and fun really was. I didn’t expect to get the closest glimpse of heaven I’d ever seen when Bold Right Life Community Choir came on stage. I didn’t expect to have teens crying and praying with me. I didn’t expect to have them crying and praying with each other. I didn’t expect them to be sold out in their worship to God. And I didn’t expect to overhear conversations about how they are going to change their lives, and the lives of their friends.
It’s probably not an accident that God says unless you become like a child you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom—don’t get involved with a youth group unless you want to break down all of your preconceived notions about what God is.
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