my predecessor was gifted with an amazing voice and a challenging. When we praise we can reach new heights of
my experience with singing in public, I had none. I only freedom and ability is an incredible joy for me as we lead
beautiful serving heart. Just to give a brief background on
sang when I was home alone, which happened to be often.
My parents and closest friends have rarely even heard me
hum a tune, yet here I was agreeing to join praise team as a
vocalist without even an ounce of hesitation.
Since then it has been an arduous journey, facing a broad
spectrum of struggles from members leaving and to
practical things, such as punctuality and tempo. At an early
age I saw how praise was such a tangible and corporate way
God’s love when words are just not enough. Exercising this
weekly on Sunday.
As the Israelites were led out of slavery and into the
wilderness where freedom and worship coincided, I have
found the same to be true in my life as I worshipped. I have
found that the place of freedom in my life is also the place
where God’s name is exalted in the highest praise, where
true worship happens.
to worship, but it made me wary of how we as Christians,
especially how I, participated. It was apparent that at times
praise can be turned into an experiential and emotional
operation, honing the focus on us and how we feel in
relation to God instead of simply God Almighty Himself. I
see that in realizing my brokenness, I am made more aware
of His saving grace. However, it became a dangerous line
between worshipping the beauty in my brokenness versus
the beautiful creator Himself.
Growing up skeptical of the sincerity of praise, God
graciously placed me in a position to face these challenges
by giving me no other option but to let Him discipline me
in my lack of faith and in my abundance of skepticism. I
realized that the other aspects like finding peace and
exercising our God given ability to experience complex,
human emotions as we worshipped were results and not
causes of true worship. As the sanctification process is a
lifelong affair, praising Him and perfecting this beautiful
act of worship will be as well, which is both exciting and
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