Every now and then God allows us a glimpse of heaven while living on earth.  I’ve personally experienced this 3 or 4 times during my walk with Christ.  Last night was one of those times.  I had the honor and privilege of speaking at Presbyterian FCA. 

 

I had started praying (no, begging) that God would do something super natural earlier in the week. Curtis Middleton made the hour plus drive with me.  When we started there were 60 – 70 college students in attendance.  The worship band was pretty good and all the students were very attentive.  I spoke on the deep hidden secrets all of us have yet pretend everything in life is in the light.  Used John 3:20 as text.

 

John 3:20

Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

 

Halfway through the message felt really led to ask students if they had some hidden secrets that were keeping them in the dark.  75% looked me in the eye admitting they were. I felt sure at this point something BIG was about to happen. 

 

As I gave the invitation seven students (all who had admitted being in church most of their life) stood and accepted Christ as their Savior in front of everyone.  It was incredible.  But God had even more in store. 

 

I then asked for everyone who needed to expose a dark side to get on their face before God.  Didn’t ask them to just sit, but to move somewhere they could get alone with God and get honest.  Here is where it broke loose.  Within the next couple of minutes 100%  of the students had gotten out of their chairs and were lying on their faces weeping.  I was so overcome by this sight that I soon found myself on the floor thanking God for what he was doing.

 

The band made their way to the stage after they regained their composure and began playing worship songs.  One by one the students began standing and worshiping Christ.  Hands were raised, hearts were clean, the Holy Spirit was moving in such a way that all I could do was join everyone in worship and stand in complete awe of what was taking place.

 

We sang four or five songs.  How good or bad the band was didn’t matter.  If it was songs we knew or not, it didn’t matter.  If it was too hot or too cold, it didn’t matter.  All that anyone was thinking about was the awesome prese4nce of god in that room.  I can’t explain exactly what took place.  All I can say is that we all saw a glimpse of heaven.

 

 We than all grabbed hands and sang one last song together. 

I figured the students would begin leaving at this point, but they didn’t.  Everyone continued to hug, cry, pray and absorb the power of the moment.