Thursday morning I arrived at the prayer room and the team had just started singing an energetic song of praise (I don't actually remember what it was). Usually at 6 am things are not to energetic, but this particular morning it was very different. People were very engaged and soon the sound of singing began to rise louder and louder within the room. The worship team continued to sing and flow into song after song of praise.
Now to put this into context, from 6-8 am is scheduled as an "intercession" set, which means that people are on the microphone leading the room into corporate prayers. Normally the team would do about 15-25 minutes of worship and then the first call to prayer would go out.
On Thursday, amidst the joyous shouts of praise, I saw the first guy standing up at the podium waiting his opportunity to start the intercession time. He waited.....He waited some more.....and then after about 10 minutes of waiting decided that he would just sit down and wait for the celebration to end. Well it never ended!
The songs of praise kept going and going for the entire 2 hour set!
So what does this have to do with me getting old? In my joy and celebration I got up and started "dancing" (which may be a very generous assessment of my lack of abilities), and I proceeded to celebrate for the next 45 minutes without ceasing.
I was a wonderful time of praise, but when I woke up yesterday morning I realized just how much of a "sacrifice" of praise I had given! I could hardly walk!!! My calves are both as hard as rocks and it is nearly impossible to go down hill in this condition.
Last night as I would waddle back and forth between the bedroom and the kitchen, Rhonda (who was sitting on the couch watching this pain filled journey) would just sit and laugh at me and my stone locked legs.
God declared through the prophet Isaiah - "I will bring them to my Holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer" (Is 56:7). So I guess I better start getting in better physical condition otherwise that joy may bump up against a few more sore muscles!
I think I'll go sit in the warm sun and try and sooth my aches and pains - it's 24C outside!
Jon
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