struggle was always that I was a disappointment
to God. That if I questioned him, or doubted
him, or even complained about a situation,
He’d see that as an insult. Being disappointed
is a part of life. We can’t escape hurt, we can’t
escape unmet expectations, and it’s OK to
voice that frustration to God and let Him carry it
for us. The Psalms are full of David confessing
his frustrations – and God is big enough to take
it and love us regardless.
[WM] You also talked about stepping out in
faith. If you liken building faith to developing
muscles, what are some of the things you’d
suggest people do in the ‘mountain top
seasons’ to prepare for seasons in between?
[Mack] Write things down! Or at least find ways
to remember all that God has done. It’s easy to
be in a good season and just coast through it.
Then when we hit a low point, we struggle to
remember anything about the good season.
We struggle to remember anything about the
times God showed up in our lives and delivered
us. But when you take intentional note of God’s
goodness, of all the ways he’s been present in
your life - then, when you’re in a valley or feeling
discouraged, you have something tangible to
go back to. To literally remind you that God
is always there. In the good and the bad.
[WM] Thanks again for joining us.
photo by Blue Amber
[Mack] Thanks for having me!
feet’ for the people in our lives who are feeling burdens off to our God, who’s strong enough
broken? to take them.
[Mack] Sometimes as worship leaders, it’s On a practical level, get to really know the
easy to look out into our congregation and it just people you’re leading. Spend time with them.
becomes a crowd. A sea of nameless, story- Listen to their stories. Worship becomes much
less faces that are singing along with us. One of more special when you know about the people
the things I try so hard to intentionally do, each you’re doing it with.
time I lead, is to remind myself of individuality in
every worship experience. Everybody that I’m [WM] In your Worship Together interview I
leading has a story, has a hurt, or a triumph. I loved that you said that our disappointments
don’t need to know the specifics of someone’s don’t scare God. Would you care to expound
history to understand that they have a history. on that a bit more?
As humans, we all carry those weights and
burdens, and worship reminds us to hand our
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