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Meanwhile, people in the area were going about their normal routines, just finishing up another day at work—a call center employee in the middle of a phone call, a marketing team gathered in a planning meeting, a construction worker installing a door, a supervisor reading a report in her cubicle, a bank teller completing a transaction… Then, with a sudden click, their workplaces went black. Instantly, fifty-five million people were working in the dark. Panicked crowds in Manhattan, New York, fled their offices and flooded the streets. Stoplights were dead, traffic was gridlocked. Mass transit was at a standstill. The city was paralyzed and power would not be fully restored for two days. The lights at work were off in the whole region, and it started with a single short circuit. Spiritual blackout at work is a similar event, but in many ways even more significant. Life is wired by God to operate in a capacity that depends on Him—things are supposed to flow
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