This Is Why We Moved

Last May (2007), Beth and I were moving to Nashville. It had been in the works for months at that point…I had made a connection or two (…wow…), she’d transferred school credits, and we were ready to close on an apartment.

Then, on the Sunday we were heading out there to start tracking for the Starbore project and finalize some other moving details, “it” happened. I was leading worship at Elevation that morning and Pastor Steven challenged everyone to take their faith public, to be baptized if they’d never taken that step before. And that morning, I sat back stage and watched, literally, hundreds of people file in from the hall onto the stage to step and say in front of everyone, “God has ignited a passion in my heart, and I’m ready to live out his heart in the world.”

I cried. I moved to a dark shadowy place backstage and cried. I’d never seen such an act of God. Never been a part of something so God-honoring, or seen such a fire in teenagers and grandparents alike. And I needed it. I needed to witness it.

Apparently my wife needed to witness it as well. We got in the car to head for Nashville right after the services that morning and looked at each other in amazement of what God had done. We knew our move to Nashville had been redirected to Charlotte.

Today at Elevation, we had baptisms again. And today, we saw God move in such a huge, life-changing way…one that man could never possibly take credit for. I won’t give any details away, because I’m sure Pastor will be posting soon to let you know exactly what we saw happen today at Elevation. God is on the move here in Charlotte. I feel like I’m in the middle of watching his kingdom come to earth. This is why we moved. I’m glad we did.