Our Job as Worship Leaders
"Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem."
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." - John 4:19-24
If you’ve talked to me at all about worship, you will know that my favorite passage in the Bible on Worship is the woman at the well in John 4. Jesus knows everything about her before even meeting her. In an attempt to change the subject, she brings up a local debate about worship. This cracks me up because it reminds me that some things never change. People even today are asking questions about worship – what musical style we should worship with, what should or shouldn’t we do (clap hands, raise hands, dance, etc). We even use musical style to define our church’s services (Traditional/Contemporary). All these questions and labels just get us distracted from what true worship is about!! Jesus quickly moves the conversation away from the thing that is keeping the woman from worshiping the Lord, and focuses on what's important.
Worship is the expression of love and gratitude from the heart of God’s child from the heart of God the Father. Worship is NOT a spectator sport. Many people view worship as a presentation made by the people on the platform for the people in the pews. Our role on the platform is to be worship leaders prompting the people in the congregation to glorify God. You see, God, not the people on stage or the people in the congregation, should be the audience in our worship service. Worship is giving honor to the Lord Jesus Christ, the only one worthy of that kind of praise. It’s not about any person, but all about Him. God placed worship into each of our hearts to do with as we please. However, true fulfillment comes when we give that worship back to Him as an offering. Our worship together on Sunday mornings WILL BE directly related to what’s happening in our lives individually throughout the week! Another passage in Romans talks about what Worship means in our individual, everyday lives.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1
Let’s live our lives for God in an act of Worship to him, and give our very best to the Lord each Sunday because He is worthy of just that. Remember, our audience is the Lord, and our job as worship leaders is to point the congregation to Him. The best way we can do this is by living a life of worship so when we come together, our music will just be an outpouring of our love for Him that we have been living daily.
Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." - John 4:19-24
If you’ve talked to me at all about worship, you will know that my favorite passage in the Bible on Worship is the woman at the well in John 4. Jesus knows everything about her before even meeting her. In an attempt to change the subject, she brings up a local debate about worship. This cracks me up because it reminds me that some things never change. People even today are asking questions about worship – what musical style we should worship with, what should or shouldn’t we do (clap hands, raise hands, dance, etc). We even use musical style to define our church’s services (Traditional/Contemporary). All these questions and labels just get us distracted from what true worship is about!! Jesus quickly moves the conversation away from the thing that is keeping the woman from worshiping the Lord, and focuses on what's important.
Worship is the expression of love and gratitude from the heart of God’s child from the heart of God the Father. Worship is NOT a spectator sport. Many people view worship as a presentation made by the people on the platform for the people in the pews. Our role on the platform is to be worship leaders prompting the people in the congregation to glorify God. You see, God, not the people on stage or the people in the congregation, should be the audience in our worship service. Worship is giving honor to the Lord Jesus Christ, the only one worthy of that kind of praise. It’s not about any person, but all about Him. God placed worship into each of our hearts to do with as we please. However, true fulfillment comes when we give that worship back to Him as an offering. Our worship together on Sunday mornings WILL BE directly related to what’s happening in our lives individually throughout the week! Another passage in Romans talks about what Worship means in our individual, everyday lives.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1
Let’s live our lives for God in an act of Worship to him, and give our very best to the Lord each Sunday because He is worthy of just that. Remember, our audience is the Lord, and our job as worship leaders is to point the congregation to Him. The best way we can do this is by living a life of worship so when we come together, our music will just be an outpouring of our love for Him that we have been living daily.
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