Over the past few months when I’ve been leading worship I’ve been challenging the team with a simple question: “How have you worshipped this week?”
I primarily asked them to (a) remember that everything we do should be for his glory, (b) recognise where God has moved in our lives recently, and (c) realise that sometimes our worship isn’t directed at God.
1 Corinthians 10:31 says… “…whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” and this should define the boundaries of our actions and thoughts. Sometimes we fall short, and that’s when we realise that we’ve been worshipping the wrong things.
There’s a post over at the Gospel Coalition blog that really struck a chord with me. It’s written by a worship leader striving to overcome in his own life what he sees in others.
At the end of the day, regardless of what side of the microphone we’re on, we’re all suffering from varying degrees of misdirection, and in desperate need of re-direction. We all come to church on Sunday faced with the dilemma of who we’ve been worshiping and whose kingdom we’ve been building all week. It’s that humble truth that causes me to once again remember what I’m called to do this morning: magnify the name of Christ, confess our desperate need for him, and sing the truths of the gospel with people who are far too consumed with themselves. Like me.
I’m right with you there, brother!