Food for thought

Hi worship team! It's been a while since I've posted something on this space and I'm glad the Lord has prompted me to blog over here.

I'm sure you guys can definitely agree with me that our worship team has grown in numbers since a good three/four years ago. It has been a joy serving alongside with each and every one of you and it is also very encouraging to see that many of you are putting in your best effort to worship God and making sure that you are giving of your best to Your Master.

As the New Year approaches, there are just two things I want you guys to ponder over, and most importantly, pray about it and ask God to guide you.

Most of us have been in the worship team for almost a year and some of us, more. But have we thought about our purpose here? Or is it just one of our commitments that we have to fulfill, something for us to past time, something for us to get some attention (I will elaborate later). As we become busy with our hectic schedules when school reopens, how are we going to treat our regular friday jammings, worship practice?

As we all now know, there is a very fine line that differentiates worship from performance. As musicians in the worship team, each of us are worship leaders that bring the audience into a time of worship with God. We aid that process. Even though it is good to give of your best, we must always remember who we are serving, not Man, but God. Naturally, we would want to do some kewl stuff like fancy riffs, rolls, and crazy stuff that would cause us to receive some "glory" for ourselves. No, I'm not saying we shouldn't do fancy riffs and rolls and all that. It's just that when we play, we need to always keep in mind why we are playing in a band and our sole purpose of being on stage-which is to bring the people into a time of worship. If each of us bring our own fancy tricks into the band and play according to our own rhythm and beat, then the essence of worship is essentially lost.

To be honest, when I was younger, I loved receiving nice comments about my drums and drumming style. It boosted my ego fo' sho. But it was only when I was older that I realised, eh what am I doing!? It's not about me, its about God. Hence, I want you guys to thank God for your gifts and talents that He has placed in you and think about how you can use it to glorify Him.

I guess before we begin the new year, we need to set our hearts and minds right and according to one heartbeat-which is the heartbeat for God. We need to be broken down by God so that He can use us for His mighty purposes in the Youth Ministry. And we can see that from Encounter and Camp 7lbs.

God is working mightily in YM, but are you ready to be broken down and built up stronger in Him for Him?

Beautiful Lord, Wonderful Saviour
I know for sure, all of my days are held in your hands, crafted
into your perfect plan
You gently call me into your presence guiding me by Your Holy Spirit
Teach me dear Lord to live all of my life, through Your eyes
I'm captured by Your holy calling
Set me apart, I know You're drawing me to Yourself
Lead me Lord I pray

Take me, mould me, use me, fill me
I give my life to the Potter's Hand
Call me, guide me, lead me, walk beside me
I give my life to the Potter's Hand

You gentlly call me into Your Presence, guiding me by Your Holy Spirit
Teach me dear Lord to live through Your eyes
I'm captured by Your Holy calling
Set me apart, I know You're drawing me to Yourself
Lead me Lord I pray

Blessings,
Jill