As I sit stirring the sugar into my coffee this morning I am reflecting on a teaching a I once heard from a worship leader in one of America's largest churches. The teaching was titled, "Everything I Know About Worship, I Learned From an Irish Rockstar.".
Of course, the title is a reference to Bono, the lead singer of U2. This worship leader was in no way saying worship should be a concert or that worship leaders are the rock icons of their churches. In fact, if you attended this worship leaders more than 10,000 member church, you wouldn't find loud music, theatrical lighting, or any hint of a perfomance atmosphere.
What this worship leader was referring to is the experience of worship. In his opinion Bono is gifted at drawing his audience in and making them part of the show. The parallel is that we as worship leaders are lead people not in an act of worship but in an experience of worship. We endeavour to bring people to a place where we on earth have an audience with heaven. We experience our God through worship and we are engaged by our creator. So, as I prepare to play guitar for my church my hope is that I can lead the people of my church experience God.
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