Sunday, March 18, 2007
Let God be God - A testimony
I was at the cc4 camp over the weekend and the Holy Spirit was moving so powerfully that everyone, paticipants and facilitators alike, was swept away by His awesome presence. I hope this testimony will lift you up if you're feeling spiritually dry, comfort you in your distress, remind you of your own experiences of the Holy Spirit, and affirm the fact that God is real and alive in our midst today.
During the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Sat afternoon, I was at the back of the hall, praying for God to prepare me for the P&W session in the evening. During the prayer, I suddenly felt so overwhelmed that I started crying. Tears streamed from my face and I couldn't stop it. It went on for a good 15 mins - Me, simply standing there, with my hands stretched out, crying in the arms of God. After that, we were all praying fervently, desiring for the Holy Spirit and for the first time, I broke out in tongues. I can't fully describe how truly awesome the moment was, but at that time, I knew without a doubt, that God is real and He has been loving me every single day of my life. After I stopped crying, I felt a great sense of peace within, and I knew that it was God's way of comforting me, telling me that He will not give me a burden too heavy to handle. This month is a very busy and stressful month for me and before the camp, I was on the brink of losing it, but God, in His gentle spirit, assured me that everything is going to be ok. The other reason why I cried was because I wasn't at peace with my brother. This has been bugging me for a while and I failed to do anything about it, but during the prayer, the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to forgiveness and reconciliation, and through crying, I released the bottled-up negativity towards my brother and I'm now determined to make amends. Also, while everyone was praying, I felt an electric current running through my right arm. I knew it was the Holy Spirit flowing through me and empowering me to pray for the teens, so I went around with some facilitators to pray for them. That in itself was a powerful experience because people started to rest in the Spirit and I felt Him working, like I'm an empty vessel and He is the substance that flows through me.
In the night, we continued praising and worshipping God, and the teens continued receiving the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues, healing, faith, prayer, and some of them rested in the Spirit. The amazing thing was, the facilitators didn't even have to go around to pray for each teen individually. Everything was running on auto-pilot and God worked His magic through His gentle spirit. During the debrief after the session, many of the facilitators shared that they saw and felt Jesus walking among the teens, healing them and blessing them. I, together with some others, heard a loud choir of angels singing and praising God together with us. Some saw images of Mother Mary, standing behind Jesus, being with Him in prayer.
Now, I'm fully rejuvenated and ready to face life's challenges again because I know that I'm not doing it alone. It was a truly wonderful and supernatural experience which left my human intellect dumbfounded. Aptly put by one of the facilitators, it was a camp where we simply let God be God. Amen.
Posted by Jo at 8:55 PM
