Hopefully people aren't watching me the entire time they're praising God, but I never know when they'll happen to glance in my direction. When they do, I want my example to inspire them to look to the Lord as well.
The issue of example also applies to other musicians on the team. When they appear uninvolved or only concerned with music , they miss an opportunity to encourage the congregation. That's why I ask instrumentalists to sing as often as possible. It's helps them remember who we are focusing on.
The issue here isn't exuberance as much as authenticity. D.A. Carson put it like this:
"Some who publicly lead the corporate meetings of the people of God merely perform; others are engrossed in the worship of God. Some merely sing; some put on a great show of being involved; but others transparently worship God.
Which describes you? Are you simply mouthing lyrics? Do you only pretend to be engaged, moving your hands and bowing your head at the right moments to look "worshipful?" Or are you seeking to be a transparent worshiper - naturally, genuinely, and obviously demonstrating a desire to exalt Christ? If we want the church to be inspired by our leadership, we have to begin with an authentic example.
Bob Kauflin - Worship Matters
3 comments:
How can you ever truly know which worship you're doing? You can ask God to make himself known and for him to purify you as He says He will...but can you ever be really certain? I try to be transparent, but I always have this feeling that other people find me as putting on a show...how do I change this? Or how do I have God truly search my inner heart enought to know which worship I'm truly engaging in?
This is a great post... It reminds me of a conversation I had with someone awhile back... All the names will be fake in order to protect the identities.... "morning".. "morning"... "man am i excited to be here this morning!" "why" "because I get my spongebob fix" "huh" "spongebob has been gone for a while and I really haven't been able to worship for a while"
Can you say yikes!! This was disappointing. This person was clearly tied to the leader that was leading them. I wonder how many others have similar thoughts. Where have we gone wrong? When I say we... i mean the "church" in general. Who or what are we really worshipping?
ouch! dude, if you don't gently set them straight on this, i want to...
spongebob is not responsible for anyone's worship but his own.
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