Well, last Thursday, I had mentoring with my mentor, Jared… He invited me over to his house. So, Auntie Kheng Hong, Jared and I went for dinner at Happy Garden Cafe(well, i think its spelled this way) =P
After dinner, we went back to His house… he asked me, ; Cal, what makes a good worship leader?
Well, as some of you know me… When i don’t know the answers, i’ll probably give the most straight foward text book answer i can dig in my puny brain. =P
So, i gave the answers;
- Can lead the congregation
- Good singer
- Strong in the Lord
So, Jared told me I was missing the most important thing… Ushering the spirit of the Lord.. A good worship leader is able to usher in the spirit of the Lord.. This not only applies to the worship leaders but also to the band members…
We, sang ‘Jesus loves me this I know’. Then he asked me ; What do you think of this song?’. Well, i just said.. ‘kindergarden song?’ Well, he said ; Yea… but think of it this way.. when we worship lead, we not only choose the song because its nice or in, but… we need to know what God wants us to sing to Him and we need to see what the song says’.
Well, I found out that night, just because ‘Jesus loves me this I know’ is a kindergarden song, doesn’t mean its boring or lame.. Its actually a really meaningful song.. Well, sure… we used to sing it last time when we were small lil’ kids.. But the real meaning behind it is that Jesus Loves each and everyone of us alot..Wow! I cried just singing that song!!
Well, lets just say, if we dun practice how to worship the Lord now, how will we be able to worship Him when we go to heaven? I am also speaking for myself… So, i pray, tonight that God will teach us how He wants us to worship Him.
God Bless… Please pray.. God is moving and He aint gonna stop till He’s done what He wants to do..
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dnomseD said
Amen!
I hope these are to be made known to the many Christians who put music before the true worshiping.
God bless ya!