Well, we had the Devo last night, and to say that it was amazing is an understatement! Having been the one to put it together, I struggled to not be a hypocrite… The vision for the devotional was to teach a little about and encouage complete God-focused worship. So, throughout the preparation and the organization I had to continually pray to remember that I am powerless and as my main message stated: “It’s All About God!” – and my part is the least of it.
God certainly proved it! The reading of the Psalms, the prayers, and music were incredibly moving as we got to share a unified heart for God last night.
I think we also learned that we can step out a bit more in the nature of our worship. The “Amen” song blew me away. In my finite knowledge and faith, I was unsure how it would work. (For those who were not there, I played some repeating chords on my guitar and we would sing an “Amen” refrain all together, and then I would pick the chords and anyone in the congregation could do as they choose: sing a Psalm, sing their own prayer, read a psalm, pray, dance, whatever. Then we would all come back together singing Amen!) I was absolutely blown away at the beauty of this free-form worship. It was hard to play the guitar and try to wipe my nose at the same time as the tears flowed from the outpuring of hearts in the prayers and wonderful singing of Psalms and prayers!
I am so encouraged to have been part of a worship in a church that truly loves God.
If you were there, and were likewise encourgaged, please leave a comment.
Here is the link to a .pdf document of the notes from the message at the devo:
Drawing Near to God to Worship
