Life Down Under

The Audience of One

Many of the THOP staff are away this week on vacation ("holiday", for you kiwis out there reading this!), so the numbers in the prayer room have been a bit more sparse than usual. Before I led intercession this morning, I spoke for a minute to those who were there and encouraged them about the glory of ministering before the Audience of one. I, myself, need to be reminded of this, too - that we do what we do not because there is a room full of people to lead in intercession, but because there is one Man sitting on one throne who loves the sound of our voice and who is worthy of our adoration. Whether the room is empty or packed really doesn't matter at all; that's not the reason we do what we do. I am reminded even as I write this about those early days in Kansas City (especially on the night watch) when there would literally be no one in the room except the worship team. But that never changed what we did; it simply didn't matter that there was no one else there. The glory of those years (and this season now here in NZ) is that we get to learn value of ministering to His heart without the distraction of onlookers. We carry our reward on the inside - encounter with Him. We tell this to our team here all the time - that in a minute these years will be over and you'll want this time back; so don't waste it. I have to say, there is a hidden glory to being in the "little, rough, and ugly" Bethlehem stable; in the "ship being built at sea".