Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Freedom in Worship

I haven't posted in quite some time, but I got the urge to do so as it gets close to 1am. I'm not sure why I told you what time it is, but I often get inspired late at night.

Anyway....

One of the things I'm passionate about as a Worship Leader is seeing the people of God experience freedom in worship. I want them to feel safe and secure in God's presence while they worship, so they can express themselves freely. It doesn't matter if they are lifting their hands, dancing, screaming or kneeling before the Lord. It only matters that we do so with the right heart and that above all, God is glorified.

Why are we able to experience this freedom:

  - Christ has set us free. (Galatians 5:1)

 - There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:1-2)
       
 - Where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom. (2 Corinthians 3:17)
           " We worship God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit."

I long to see the day when the body of Christ in all areas of the world can feel freedom while they worship. I want the body to be able to express whatever they have been feeling about God on any given Sunday, or Monday, or Tuesday, or whatever day there is a Worship Service at Church. One of the things that can help is if we come with confident expectation before the Lord when we meet together (Hebrews 4:16).


What would it look like if the body came before the Lord every Sunday excited and ready to worship Him? Excited and ready to share what the Lord has been showing them. Excited and ready to lay themselves down before the Maker of Heaven and Earth.

"God I pray that we can experience this kind of Freedom in the Church. That the body would not hold back because of the way things are, but that Your presence would allow people to sense that freedom as they worship You. Lord I know this will come and I thank You now for the amazing work of Your hands!" Amen.