Today, at church, singing was uncharacteristically solemn for the second Sunday in Easter.
Stuff’s been going on with Pablo and Christy, the leaders. God’s been working on them.
Today, Pablo shared from several passages, discussing the idea that our “reasonable service” is to do whatever unto Jesus. Our worship continues beyond the church doors on Sunday morning.
Nothing new, but don’t we just need to keep hearing that truth over and over again?
So, Amen, Pablo.
I’ve got a few thoughts on this topic. A couple of vignettes:
1. I discovered what could be a great resource (if I were still at my church in the states!): Worshipteam.com. Its purpose is to take the administrative burden off worship leaders so that they can concentrate on artistic and spiritual preparation. So far, so good. But then, they said, “And, since music is the most important part of worship…”
I think my eyes bugged out of my head. Music is important, and it helps, but only as it works with the Word and Sacraments to prepare our hearts to be used of God. Music is a tool of worship, not worship in and of itself. I have been to several times of “singing before the Lord” that were anything but worship; I’ve also been witness to some powerful worship in which there was not a single note of music played.
2. Some of my best worshiping I “do” is at about 6 a.m., my time to wash the dishes. I ponder a verse from the psalms, enter into a time of silence before God, and wash the dishes. I let the sound of the running water, the psalm verse, the peace of the new day usher me into the Father’s presence in a special way.
Music can be worship. So can scrubbing dirty dishes.
Old news. I need to hear it, again and again.
Amen.
