Something that I have really been thinking about for the past couple of days was brought up to me by someone. They said that when we worship in our Sunday morning services or even at chapel on Fridays that we so easily get distracted. It is hard for the worship leader to pick right songs and do the best they can when they don't truly understand what their goal is. Obviously everyone says to worship God and to lead other people in worship. But, as this person pointed out to me and how I have noticed, these services have become more and more distracting and less and less God centered.
We get caught up in the music and making it sound good. Am I saying we should do a terrible job when we go up on stage as a leader. No way, but it is absolutely vital to not be a distraction. This person told me that our goal should be to be as transparent as possible. It is not our job to make the worship interesting or to gratify our own personal desires. Worship is solely for God's pleasure. I do not have a right answer of how to solve this problem. I've been thinking about it for awhile now and still haven't come up with a solution, but I challenge you to give this thought. How much of our worship is to seek spiritual gratification for ourselves and how much of it is simply telling God how awesome he his. Are the songs we singing truly bulging with truths from the Word of God, or are they simply fluff and cherry's that sound nice?
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