The Adventures in Supernatural Discovery by Michael Kaylor

Author:Michael Kaylor [Kaylor, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768484861
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

Chapter Eight

STOP! I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE

Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say, “All my springs of joy are in you” (Psalm 87:7).

If there is no laughter, Jesus has gone somewhere else. If there is no joy and freedom, it is not a church: it is simply a crowd of melancholy people basking in a religious neurosis. If there is no celebration, there is no real worship. —STEVE BROWN

I grew up in a home filled with music. My dad was a musician. Many times my dad, mom, and my relatives would get together to sing and play for hours. My grandfather was known as the “singing evangelist.” I even have a picture of my great-grandfather playing his fiddle.

Music has been a part of my family legacy as far back as the Revolutionary War. My sixth-great-grandfather was a soldier in George Washington’s brigade. Not only was he a rifleman, but he was also the fifer for the brigade. If you’ve ever seen the picture of the drummer, the flag carrier, and the fife player marching together, then you’ve seen a representation of my relative.

I remember seeing my dad come to life every time he picked up his guitar and began to play. Though he was a guitarist for Roy Acuff, the father of the Grand Ole Opry, he decided not to go down that path. My dad became content with recording a few albums, writing songs, playing at home or church, and spending time raising a family.

This same passion for music was passed on to me, an inheritance for which I am very grateful. I began playing the guitar when I was twelve years old. A few years later I joined my first rock band. I loved playing the songs of the day, but the Holy Spirit compelled me to commit my talent to serving Jesus.

In answer to that compulsion, two of my friends and I began what was one of the first contemporary Christian bands in the Southeastern United States. At that time the thought of playing contemporary music in a church was unheard of. It was hard to walk into a church with a beard and long hair, much less a full set-up that included amps, speakers, and (God forbid) drums.

HOLY LAUGHTER

While I was a part of this band I had an encounter that is as real to me now as it was years ago when I first experienced it. It was during a tour in the New Jersey and New York area. We had been asked to come and minister at a Baptist youth convention and share what the Lord had been doing in our lives as well as in our music. The meetings were located on a college campus and so we stayed in the dormitory.

The band, which at this time had five members, sat in a circle on the floor of the dorm room and enjoyed spending time in prayer and worship. As we began, I started to sense something come over me that was as real as the rain outside.

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