3 things that may have escaped your attention during worship at this years SA Equip:
1. Jono Warmington forgetting to switch on his amp
-picture this...opening night, Cornerstone Church bursting at the seams, the masses pushing right up to the stage counting down (almost to the state of delirium) with the countdown on the main screen, the kickdrum and bass come in right on queue, crying babies go unnoticed, every eye is excitedly rooted to the stage AND...worship leader Jono Warmington realises that his Vox AC 30 amp which is being mic-ed in the backroom had been forgotten to be switched on!
2. Stage dives on Night two
-On Friday morning, Grant Crawford and a panel of interviewees attempted to ask the question, "what does success look like?". Probably a more pertainent question after Thursday night's wild worship would have been, "what does a successful stage dive look like?". And I would have been the first to put my hand up in shouting out the answer, "anything except Werner Derckson's!"
After the usual fare of Bruce McAlpine and 5 excited teenagers (averaging 50kgs each) leaping off the stage into the outstretched arms of the seething crowd, a moment of pure joy was when Werner (not the lightest guy) prepped himself like an olympic athlete for his assault on gravity. The corporate groans of apprehension from the rest of the worshippers was only matched by the fear in the eyes of those who were going to have to perform a modern day miracle in catching the jump. That not one of them backed away shows that Tyrone Daniel's message of being Partners and not just Friends had truly hit home!
3. The red-hot worship of the Son of God
-for three days, over 5000 hands were lifted and +-2500 voices were raised, as together we exalted Christ Jesus. From all cities and towns from around Southern Africa, from churches big and small, black, white, rich and poor, young and old, the worship of our King became our common language and theme. This is the heartbeat of our lives and our mandate. Worship, that is not contained to a moment, to the church walls or to a certain key or style, but discipling nations to bow their hearts and bend their knees to the One and Only.
"Mission's exist because worship does not" (Matt Redman)
We've always known this, but something of this was recaptured in our hearts this past week.
Flight tickets to Joburg from Cape Town and back: R1800
Food for the week: R450
Buying that pretty girl a coffee: R10
Moments like these: priceless
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