Chapter One
No matter how many mistakes...worship works
In this chapter, Roland gave a few examples of worship in this chapter; but one especially stuck out to me. This is a story of a man who was supposed to lead worship at his church. This man woke up at everything was not in his favor, woke up late, hit every red light, and got pulled over by a police officer because he went through a stop sign trying to get to soundcheck in time. After all this, he came into soundcheck late and was not in a good mood. During the worship time in church, he made many mistakes. After the set, the worship team went in the back and after reflecting on the music that they had just made; they all agreed that it was the worst they had ever preformed. Yet, after the service they found out that someone in the congregation accepted Christ for the first time.
This example stuck out because this happened to someone on one of my worship teams as well. She got in her head in the first song and could not stop the negativity spiral throughout the rest of the songs. I later found out that another person on the team felt similar about the same set. Yet, throughout the set, I had no idea that any of this was happening. I also did not hear anyone who received the music mention that anyone messed up. The example that Roland made can help encourage other worshipers, even those in the back doing slides or lights, that even if you mess up there will be at least one person still communing with the Lord.
I feel that it is important that those on the worship team realize that all we can do is do our best and leave God the rest. It is essential that we make worship the best it can be, yet at the same time not worry about to many of the details. No matter what we do, no matter if it is the best set ever or the worst set ever, no matter how many mistakes we make, God will show up!
In this chapter, Roland gave a few examples of worship in this chapter; but one especially stuck out to me. This is a story of a man who was supposed to lead worship at his church. This man woke up at everything was not in his favor, woke up late, hit every red light, and got pulled over by a police officer because he went through a stop sign trying to get to soundcheck in time. After all this, he came into soundcheck late and was not in a good mood. During the worship time in church, he made many mistakes. After the set, the worship team went in the back and after reflecting on the music that they had just made; they all agreed that it was the worst they had ever preformed. Yet, after the service they found out that someone in the congregation accepted Christ for the first time.
This example stuck out because this happened to someone on one of my worship teams as well. She got in her head in the first song and could not stop the negativity spiral throughout the rest of the songs. I later found out that another person on the team felt similar about the same set. Yet, throughout the set, I had no idea that any of this was happening. I also did not hear anyone who received the music mention that anyone messed up. The example that Roland made can help encourage other worshipers, even those in the back doing slides or lights, that even if you mess up there will be at least one person still communing with the Lord.
I feel that it is important that those on the worship team realize that all we can do is do our best and leave God the rest. It is essential that we make worship the best it can be, yet at the same time not worry about to many of the details. No matter what we do, no matter if it is the best set ever or the worst set ever, no matter how many mistakes we make, God will show up!
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