Absolutely Delirious

The AYA Festival 2006 is on again! And this time we have Delirious coming to town. For those who are not familiar with this group, they are the ones who wrote these familiar songs which we sing during our worship like, “I can sing of Your love forever” or “Did you feel the mountains tremble?” One of my favourite is “The Happy Song” though I first heard it sung by Chris Tomlin. Nothing prepared me for the incredible performance that they put up.
The sound system was world-class…I think they brought in their own mixers and stuff and the effects were really amazing. It was like watching a U2 or some international band in concert. At yet this band is incredibly humble and is only glad they can serve and minister God’s Word through their music. They utterly availed themselves to AYA to use them fully and make their time here in Malaysia as fruitful as possible.

I know that fame can really get into some people’s head and cause them to glorify their music more than God. But this is not what I see in this group and I believe they are where they are today because they make themselves accountable to each other and to always check themselves. They also made a priority to put their family first by not being away from home for more than 2 weeks (if I remember correctly…) so that at least their children know how their father still looks like!! But I remember the hilarious statement that Martin Smith said when Ps. Kenneth was complimenting them on how humble they were. He said, "Sometimes jetlag makes you look more humble than you really are." Haha…



I’ve always believed that music is a powerful tool to reach to the younger generation. And what I’ve seen here is a testimony of how music can be used to expand God’s kingdom and also to glorify His name. Yet music can also be powerful enough to cause violent behaviour and to dishonour God’s name. You don’t have to look far to see that kind of music nowadays.

So it was a real privilege to be able to watch this band in action and watch how God is working through them. You can also read all about it in the article featured in the Star.

I'm really looking forward to the next AYA Festival 2007. The news is the band GMB from Indonesia might be coming down. Liked their songs when I bought their CD when I was in Indonesia for a mission trip back in 2004.