This is Derek, D or D'ness as I call him.
He has been a faithful part of our youth church for years. I have watched him grow into an amazing young man. Last Wednesday night during our youth church meeting he went to a whole new level in living out God within him. We were in a prolonged time of free worship and hour and a half of praise, worship, prophetic ministry and intercession all wrapped within a moving unguided time of spontaneous expression.

As young people sang, danced and prayed for each other, I moved through the room praying for people, as I felt led. During the cd songs that were playing D grabbed his Jim bay drum and stated playing along with the music. At lulls between songs in the semi dark room he would play as he felt led and soon Ty joined him playing drum on his guitar case. It was an awesome moment of organic worship emerging out of the crowd vs. the stage.

But then Derek got up and started playing next to me as I was praying for youth. No one told him to do it, he just took his drum and started ministering to people with me. No direction, no guidance just two people moving with the wind of God, using their gifts to touch lives. No worries about, is this ok, just pure freedom. A young man with daring faith to just follow God and watch Him paint a meeting that hadn't been painted before. It made me so glad that I am a youth pastor...adults are just so cramped up and constricted that such beauty rarely can be seen because of all the restraints either within or without that come with age and domestication.

Thanks Derek for getting it...you inspire me to keep believing.