impatient God

Is it my imagination, or did God get impatient in the 21st century?

I was at a church where during rehearsal, the music leader decided to change the tempo of the song that they were playing. That in itself isn't any big deal. But the lighting guy and the video guy had spent hours programming light cues to a predetermined beat and creating a video that had the lyrics rendered into it at that same predetermined tempo. As the lighting guy is expressing this, the leader responds back with something in the order of "Can't we allow for God to move?"

So both of these guys had to just ditch all of that hard (did I mention paid for) hours of work because God moved . . .or maybe it was the energy drinks the band had an hour earlier . .

I digress. So later on I was in that ambient room that we all end up in at least once a day (you know usually tiled with a nice porcelain seat). The thought hit me, from what I know of the Bible, God always gave man enough time to do what he wanted them to do. God didn't make Noah build that behemoth of an ark in a day.

You realize that the bulk of the technological advances that I have seen in church based stuff is to allow for these last minute "God movements" (changes).

I mean here is a being that we believe to be all knowing (omniscient) but for some reason can't act on that knowledge until the last minute? That sounds pretty crazy to me. I am not a biblical scholar, but I don't seem to remember any biblical foundation for God to change his mind. Now people not hearing him correctly and needing to be nudged around and redirected. . .now that seems more biblical. Something about being sheep that wander around needing direction.

So man up and state that you didn't hear correctly or didn't get your act together in time or that you just changed your mind. Stop blaming God. Give your technical people a break and do some proper planning. I think that God did that. How else could he have had the end of the book written before it actually happened? If you need to change then don't expect the smooth show that was going to happen, because it is all going to be off the cuff now. And think about how this less than great show is going to affect the outcome on people.

Doesn't it say something about God blessing what you put your hand to. That all things work together for good. Won't this work for both sides of the coin. If you feel that you must change, then it will be ok with less and if you decide to keep the original path, then won't it work as well? Short of an aggressive - "Do not do this" from God rather than "maybe we should" from the bass player.

Finally, if God can direct a pastor months in advance what to tell the sheep, why not the music leader. Could it be that one is actually listening and the other not?

Just something to think about. Band-aids available at the front desk.