Worship is where I’m at today, kiddies. Although volumes have been written about it, I have yet to find a better description than the words of Louie Giglio: "Worship is turning our hearts affection and our minds attention to God". Worship is proclaiming the worth-ship of God. And, of course, that doesn’t just happen when you sing songs. It happens when you teach. It happens in your conversations at Starbucks. It happens when you mow your neighbor’s yard. When you hold the door for someone. When you’re kind to the guy with the cardboard sign at the intersection.

For those of us in leadership/ministry positions, we sometimes spend so much time trying to ‘feed’ others that our own hunger sneaks up on us and we don’t realize how loudly our stomach is growling until the crowd is gone. But, alas, the words of Paul Baloche ring true…(thus our quote of the day):

"It’s important to realize that when we are leading worship, we are more like a waiter.

It’s not our turn to sit down and eat our dinner."

Granted, many times happen when I’m tending to the needs of the guests at my table and God invites me to have a taste of what’s being served. But for a great deal of the time, that’s just what I get….a taste. So when guys like David Crowder come to La Zona Rosa , I’m going to be there (join me?). And I’m bringing my appetite. Because I will die if I don’t eat.

And if I sit around and wait for Crowder (or someone else) to come and feed me…I’ll probably die anyway.

So why the quote? To remind myself that ‘taste and see’ must always come before ‘feed my sheep’. I can only lead out of the abundance of what’s been given to me.

 

 

*extra: Read a little more from Paul about Avoiding a Circus in Worship.