I was having a mission in another area and I was struck by the simplicity of my fellow youth who were serving. It was a parish youth camp and almost everyone were first time to serve in a camp. The camp was simple, a guitar for music ministry but with a beautiful and spirited voice of the singers. We had a Tongues Workshop (an empowerment worship) and I was a bit worried at first since most of them were young and sometimes a bit hesitant to give it all to worship. We even had a hard time choosing for songs to use because we don’t want to have songs that they don’t know or else we will end up looking at the lyrics instead of asking for the Spirit to descend upon us. However during the worship everyone was giving there all and I could really feel the presence of the Holy Spirit. This was affirmed during the sharing when everyone shared how they experienced the Spirit. Someone had a vision of lights descending upon each and everyone of us with varying degree. Then another one affirmed that it was God hovering around us pouring on His Spirit that shows itself in the colors. It was an awesome experience indeed!
God’s presence was strongly felt. And I would say it was because there were no pretensions among the team, they had real joy and were innocent. Without knowing it, they were already used by the Lord. I said to a YFC, “That’s why God loves children, because they have no pretensions.”
Sometimes we have the tendency to complicate things when we only need simple things. God reminded me that I don’t need to complicate things to share His message. The simpler the message the better it can reach and be understood. The better too He can reach our hearts and souls.