When we first made the leap out of traditional church we struggled with how to present our worship to the Lord without playing in a worship team. It was uncomfortable to have a band play in the home church meetings. We did not want to start a new church or even rent a space to hold corporate worship. Most home churches to not have people able to play and lead the group into God’s presence. Part of our coming out of the church structure and performance mentality, was laying down our ideas about what worship “should” look like, with it’s professional worship team, sound system, and even lights. That our weekly “worship time” should be, well, a show. Yet, Father in His gentle way, removed any opportunities to play professional worship. When we made the leap from traditional church, it was time to detox from the the high of professional worship.
After about five years and through a series of significant moments, workshops and such, the Lord has brought healing to those areas and a restoration of anointing and vision for corporate worship. It doesn’t look or feel the same. It is organic and free flowing. It looks different every single time. Even our concept of worship has changed. We have learned of the word for worship from the Hebrew Avodah. This word Hebrew word Avodah is three fold, worship is the study of scripture, worship is the work of our hands and finally worship is occupying our minds with Him and His great works.
Apparently worship is to be a part of our very existence. We worship as we work. We worship as we read and learn about Him from scripture. We worship as we occupy our minds with His great works. This is where music comes into play. Worship music helps to guide our minds into the place where we can see, hear and feel the Holy Spirit where we can occupy our minds with His presence. Now I can use my music not to lead, but to serve my purpose to the world.
