Worship Part Seven-o: Empowerment

in these last few weeks with worship, we have been making a lot of progress in the freedom Christ is bringing to worship Him and making worship a time to adore the splendor and holiness of the Lord and to celebrate everything He brings into our lives.  i have been praying about new and necessary steps that i can begin leading our body into, thus initiating a more pure atmosphere for a night dedicated to the glory of the Lord.

our music seems to be getting better as time goes on.  it is still very raw, but the depth of it, both spiritually and physically are growing.  this week i decided to ask an individual to play the synth for me.  i felt this would play a vital role in allowing the Spirit to almost “linger”, if you will.  as He choses to move through music, the synth almost allows for Him to not be cut off song to song.  (that’s a whole other conversation though).  long story short our new synth player was also our power-point person.  

last night i had a good friend of mine speak some powerful truth into my heart.  he told me that he feels like a mexican jumping bean ready to be a needed part in our church but doesn’t know how to initiate that.  he began to tell me that a lot of the girls we have in our church have great voices and that i should invite them to lead with me.  i told him about the girl i asked to do synth and he said…wait…isnt that the girl who does power-point.  ”yeah”, i said.  he was almost begging me if he could take her place.  he said he just wanted to be a part of the night somehow that was needed and important.  his words to me struck a chord in my heart.  i told him that i received the words he was saying and that they were good.

that same night, i sat down and began to pray about how and what the role of empowerment looked like for me.  all of a sudden, i was brought to the attention of these two little girls who love to play the tambourine and dance while worship but never know when it is appropriate.  i immidiately called their father and asked if i could have them come to our practice so they could help me lead our body into worship.  he said that his girls were listening to his conversation and that they were bouncing off the walls in excitement.  (you could hear it as well:)  

the act was so simple, yet the hearts of these girls were exploding!  it just revealed to my heart the desire we share to play an individually specific role in bringing glory to Christ.  i have much to learn in this area, but the Lord has spoken and i am taking steps in allowing this empowerment process (and need) to take place.  yeah!