great to have professional players, but that
defeats the purposes of why we are there. I’m
not saying that you have to be perfect to be up
on a stage. Jesus called the most broken of
people to be leaders in the church and He uses
us as sinners. So, by no means am I saying
you have to be perfect to be on that stage,
because no one is perfect. But there has to be
that desire and that position of being on your
knees with your face down.
And that’s because no matter our abilities, no
matter what we can do, to be on this stage
and to lead another person in worship, we
have to completely humble ourselves first as
a worship team to have any authority in Christ
to lead somebody in worship. So, if we’re just
getting on there with the mindset of, “This is
a job, I’m getting this paycheck” we’re not
coming into that Sunday morning thinking,
“This is a privilege, and no matter how much I
fall short, or no matter how much I’m a sinner,
I’m going to humble myself. Repent. I’m going
to see God’s face, and I’m going to ask Him
to use me in my brokenness as a tool this
Sunday morning.”
And I think that is the biggest first step in leading
worship, and everything else stems out from
there. Realizing that, yes, we need to present
our best to God, but our best doesn’t mean
we need to have the best players. But rather,
we need to have a team that’s committed to
present our best hearts, our best minds, and
our best selves to God first. And then present
our best gifts to God.
I think the hardest things for me is that this is
an opportunity to present a gift to God. And
that means that you want to be as much in the
right mindset and spirit as you can be first. And
it’s also realizing that we’re called to lead each
other as a congregation as well. It is equally as
important to the congregation to be leading the
worship leaders as well. Everyone is a worship The guy on the furthest back pews voice is just specific opportunity to be up on stage singing
leader on a Sunday morning. as important as the guy behind the mic. If you behind a microphone. Or playing behind the
don’t view it that way I think there needs to be drums. Or being on the guitar. But everyone in
We shouldn’t view it as one person leading you a shift in mindset. Everybody in the room is the room is of equal importance to the body
in worship, rather that we are a body of Christ. leading each other in worship. We just have this of Christ.
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