what happened…reconnection

yesterday we had over 160 people get baptized at Northgate (where i serve as director of worship)!  i was absolutely amazed by what was happening when it began to unfold.  we had only slotted 3 people to get baptized and ended with over a 160.

what happened?

i left the church services yesterday with hope in my heart because i got to see first hand people get connected or reconnected again with Christ.  from the beginning of time God wanted to be connected with his creation.  he longs to have an intimate relationship with every creation on earth.  but when adam and eve sinned the plan went south.  the created chooses another path and thus becomes disconnected from the creator.

so now we live in a world of disconnect.

Rob Bell in his new book “Sex God” says this, “We were born into a world, into a condition, of disconnection.  things were created to be a certain way,

and they’re not that way,

and we feel it in every fiber of our being…and so from an early age we have this awareness of the state of disconnection we were born into, and we have a longing to reconnect.”

so what happened yesterday? reconnection at it’s best.

people who have felt unconnected from Christ were reconnected again.  a community of believers were all connected together again in a  special way.  it was unreal.  Jesus came to earth to become reconnected in a new way with his creation, and i believe that i saw that first hand yesterday…and i am blessed.