Acknowledging God's Gifts

Late last night I was basking in the glow of a wonderful event that everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Quite frankly, I was enjoying the high-fives and pats on the back and drove home thinking, "what a good boy am I."

How quickly we forget. Yesterday morning my phone rang and it was Michael Reagan telling me his flight was delayed, but it looked like he would make his connection. Later that day I programmed his flights into my blackberry so I could get minute by minute updates. When it became apparant the flight would be 3 hours late, we began to scramble to adjust the schedule and re-organize the program. That meant that 15 staff members (who had worked their tales off for weeks) began to make phone calls, adjust PowerPoint Presentations, and completely restage the event, while trying to maintain the flow. Our team at FDI worked really hard and pulled off a masterpiece.

The piece we most overlooked is how many people were praying yesterday. Our staff prayed, our families prayed, the board of directors got together to pray specifically for Michael and his flights. When it was all finished, lots of hands, lots of prayers and lots work went into this event. The bottom line is this, "every good gift comes down from the father of lights..." Without God's guidance, care and oversight we would have failed. Without prayer and intercession, who knows what the outcome would have been.

So Father, remove from me my foolish pride and let me in every way acknowledge you.