It's already busy here as Bec and I join a group of about 50 preparing for this year's Smoky Mountain Youth Conference. Man, I love this event. I've been coming to SMYC since I was a freshman in highschool. I've participated as a student, as a speaker, as a worship team member, and now as a behind-the-scenes techie helping this thing go down.

It's amazing how much techie stuff goes into this conference. A quick look around at the auditorium reveals huge speakers, two giant video screens, banks and banks of video and audio equipment, a half-a-dozen or so laptop computers, a Linux file server, a wireless router, a digital multi-channel mixer, and a bunch of other stuff I don't know about. It's a techie's dream come true!

But the cool thing is that all this technology is being put to good use: supporting the expansion of the Kingdom of Christ. This weekend, several hundred teens will converge on the Smoky Mountain Convention Center in Pigeon Forge to take part in SMYC. Some will come because they want to get away from their parents. Some will come because they want to hang out in Pigeon Forge. Some will come because their friends come, and some will come because they're hungry, ready to grow in their relationship with God. Tomorrow night, all this technology is going to explode with the message that they all need to hear.

Oh, Father, if You don't show up this weekend, this conference is in vain. All this technology and all the effort it took to put it together will be wasted. Jesus, unless you build the house, the workers work for nothing. So please, please, come in POWER here at SMYC. Let Your agenda be done this weekend in the hearts of those who attend. Make all this effort worthwhile with Your presence, oh Lord!