[Plugin: Events Calendar] Show Events Date Issue

Hi,

I’ve currently got a part of my home page showing 4 upcoming events, I want it to show the events closest to todays date.. and it is apart from their the events furthest from todays date it seems.. heres the code.

<?php
			$todaysDate = date('Y-m-d G:i:s');
			$cal_query = new wp_query('post_type=sp_events&posts_per_page=4&order=aesc&meta_key=_EventStartDate&meta_compare=>=&meta_value='.$todaysDate.'');
			while ($cal_query->have_posts()) : $cal_query->the_post(); ?>
					<li>
						<span class="date"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php echo sp_get_start_date( null, false ); ?></a></span>
						<p class="aggregator-entry"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php if (strlen($post->post_title) > 38) {
echo substr(the_title($before = '', $after = '', FALSE), 0, 38) . '...'; } else {
the_title();
} ?></a></p>
					</li>
				<?php $alt = ( empty( $alt ) ) ? ' alt' : '';?>
					<?php endwhile; // posts ?>