Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Feeding 5,000

Today the Production Team for Deeper Still: The Event travel and begin their set up in Las Vegas! If I wasn't so excited about the weekend I would probably fall down in a heap! The last few days have brought an overwhelming sense of...how do I even begin to describe it? In mere words it might be, "What are we doing?! A Christian women's event in Las Vegas! You've got to be kidding me!!!"

And how do I describe the emotions and feelings involved? It is similar to feeling you get when you are already on the roller coaster and you are climbing and climbing and climbing...and then you start thinking about the huge drop to come...it hasn't happened yet, but you know it is going to take your breath away.

I guess that sums up where I am today...almost to the top before the plunge...excited and scared all at the same time! You may think we get accustomed to these feelings before a large event like Deeper Still, but so far they are not going away for me! It is in these last few days before a huge Christian women's event that I need to hear a special word from the Lord. Not that I don't need that everyday, but especially on these days I need to know HE is going before me and HE has a great plan for ALL the women attending including me.

My time in God's Word yesterday was not a happy day. I'm reading through Matthew and yesterday John the Baptist was beheaded. A man who was obedient to God, preparing the way for the Messiah, doing all that God asked of him and then CHOP! Not an encouraging word for the day.

But isn't it just like God to bring just the right Word at just the right time. Today was Matthew14:13-21--Feeding the 5,000! What a wonderful word of promise for today--for me, for our Lifeway team, for our platform--Kay Arthur, Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, Travis Cottrell and the praise team, and for the women attending Deeper Still in Las Vegas in two days. The Christian women in Las Vegas and our LifeWay team may feel like we only have a handful of fish and some rolls to share with a city of starving people--hungry for something more than the glitz, the glamour, and the sin associated with Las Vegas. Well, our Lord Jesus does miracles! And He can do things way bigger and brighter than Vegas!

That is what I am counting on as we head to Deeper Still: The Event in Las Vegas this weekend--our God who brings just the right Word at just the right time in a miraculous way! And the best part...when the lights fade, when the event is over...there are still 12 baskets full of food (Matt. 14:20). No one will leave hungry and there will be plenty of leftovers for later!

Who is coming to Deeper Still: The Event in Las Vegas hungry? Who, besides me, needs to hear a miraculous word from God meant for this time and season of life? Who is ready to come, be filled, and carry home baskets full of God's Word to ponder?

Posted by Michelle Hicks on Sep 3, 2008 at 10:38 AM