at pastors, I see so much opportunity for
leadership that maybe hasn’t been realized yet.
What I mean is, we have a tendency to “silo”
our responsibilities in the church. The children’s
minister ministers to children, and the worship
pastor ministers in music. Some people just call
me a musical worship leader. The pastor’s job
in many churches is to develop and to deliver
sermons. Stephen Lee, my pastor said that,
which I think is wonderful, but if you think about
Jesus’ role in the church, He is the historical
lead pastor. His role was not just to lead and
feed in terms of delivering content in a sermon.
Everywhere Jesus went, everything He did, He
was worshipping His Father and was teaching
the people around Him how to worship their
Father. So, when a pastor gets this concept that
worship is actually the birthing place of every
meaningful Christian endeavor, and everything
is born of worship and sustained in worship,
and inspires worship. So if you love the Lord
your God with all of you heart, mind, soul, and
everything, that means my Evangelism is born
of worship. My preaching is born of worship.
If I’m a prophet, my prophecy is born of
worship, and when I get that, everything I do
is an expression of worship, and I can lead my
people in worship with everything that I do.
Sometimes we get frustrated as pastors, if I
teach a sermon and I want people to respond,
but the response that I’m looking for I may not
get from the congregation. But if I’m trying to
inspire people to worship, what I’m developing
then is a people who do exactly what God calls
them to do: to love the Lord their God with all
of their heart, mind, and soul, and spirit, then
they become worshippers and they learn to
worship in every aspect of their lives, which is
exactly the calling of the church. We are called
to prepare a worshipping people for the Lord.
So, what happens when pastors begin to
realize they’re actually the head worship leader
at their church? I’m their first example, I’m the
one they’re watching, I’m the on they’re taking
their lead from. So, If I want worship in church,
I need to have not merely expectations of them
that I am not giving myself, but I need to be
what I want to see in the congregation. If I want
change then I’ve got to be the change that I
want to see. If a pastor gives that then what
I’ve seen is that they end up with worshipping
congregations. Rather than waiting for the
worship pastor to lead their congregation in
worship, they begin to lead their congregations
themselves, even when they’re on the floor. The
whole congregation is watching those guys,
watching how they’re using their hands, how
they’re engaged in the song, my pastor will
get down on his knees sometimes. The whole
congregation sees my pastor get down on his
knees and they realize bowing down before
the Lord is for men of leadership, too. Bowing
down before the Lord is for people of power
and strength and authority. Kneel before the
Lord, He deserves it, that’s what I’m trying to
encourage.
[WM] Worship leaders are not merely a warm-
24 August 2020
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