of our hearts, is friendship. Then that friendship [Cody] I think that’s a very natural battle to I think I can tell the difference pretty drastically
and intimacy with the Lord comes out, and you have as a human when you’re in front of people. as a worship leader between the two things. I
don’t have to perform. When you perform you There is a natural thing that you have to keep can tell when I’m engaged in my heart and in
are trying to get peoples approval, and when in check, pride and ego and that kind of thing. my mind with that God is trying to do in the
you lead worship you’re just worshipping the But if I think about when I’m leading worship, room. I think God moves regardless of us,
Lord and wanting to love on Him. You’re not I think I’m most affective as a worship leader thank God, I think He does. Because God
even doing it for approval from Him, you’re when my focus is on really wanting people to cares so much about meeting with people that
already approved, and loved, and accepted. I encounter Jesus, wanting people to know the He’s not going to let one person get in the way
think because I’ve been leading worship for so love and hope of Jesus, and just really wanting of that (laughs). If we’re leading a congregation
long that there is not a performance aspect to it. people to see Jesus more than anything else. of people, and those people have needs from
There is a “stewarding” of a room, of not getting I think when we have that focus in our heart, God, they really need a touch, they really need
so lost and lying on the floor as if I was in my then we have the same focus that Jesus does, a word, God knows that He is going to do that
prayer room. I reserve those moments of true we’re kindred there, we are tied together heart regardless of us. I know as a worship leader,
intimacy for alone in my worship. Unless those to heart, and what Jesus wants in that moment sometimes we can miss out on what He’s
moments happen, and they do sometimes, is to reveal His love and His grace and His hope doing because we’re so focused on ourselves.
where you’re just so overwhelmed by the to people. There have been times when I’ve led And I don’t want to miss that. I want to be so in
presence of God that you get on your face. worship when I think I’ve done that really well, tune with what God is doing that when I come
But there is an aspect to having to steward and I think there have been times when I have off the stage and know what God was doing in
leading people in a room, but I think out of true not done it so well and I’ve let performance or people. I want to be a part of the excitement of
friendship with the Lord there is an anointing thinking about myself and what I’m doing, I let that. So, I think it’s more of a detriment to us
to be able to lead them well and have it not be those things kind of creep in. when we let the performance or ourselves get
in the way, we miss it, we’re not able to see it.
performance.
May 2020
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