After having the pleasure of being a part of the worship team on Saturday at the New Wine Women’s day in Harrogate, I thought I would start my blog with some reflections on what was a brilliant day of worship, teaching and healing (as well as 1600 women getting together and having a great time!).

Christie Wimber shared how when you worship, you place your focus on the Father, and you’re saying to Him, “I put my hope and my trust in you, and not in myself.”  Even when everything around you seems to be falling apart, it’s trusting that God is working and He knows what He is doing.  It’s funny how when things are straight forward, we find it easy to focus on God, yet when things are out of our control, instead of keeping our focus, we tend to scurry around like ants, who have just had their anthill stomped on.  Frantically trying to rebuild structure and regain control.  God must wonder what on earth we’re doing!  We have Him within us and beside us, waiting to be our strength and guide us through and yet we so often choose to focus on the problem.

Let’s make a conscious decision – in the chaos, when we feel anxious, in the mundane and in difficulty, to worship and praise our Father who is, as Christie Wimber shared, “ALWAYS working on our behalf”  And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose” Rom 8:28