Experience teaches us loads of stuff that can rarely be learnt from any other source. However, experience also brings with it the curse of going through the motions.
I mean, we’ve led worship so many times that now, we are able to do it with our eyes closed (pun intended!) now, right?
Have you been there? If you have, then you know the fallout of reaching this point: stale worship that bores us and the congregation!
In this post, let’s look at 3 questions, which I believe could help refresh us and gain new focus in our worship.
3 questions for reflection that could transform how you lead worship
1. Are you self-indulgent?
Check the content of what you’re speaking—is it full of ‘I-me-myself’ stuff? If it is, you’re turning people off more than you realize!
Here’s the thing about effecting pastoring: If we want people to be interested in us and our ministry, we need to be interested in the Lord and His people first.
Speak about the Lord and His works more and you will see people responding better.
Be a caring pastor who exalts the Lord and engages His people than a self-indulgent bore who punctuates every word and sentence with the “I” pronoun.
2. Are you a clone?
Don’t get me wrong, imitation is a good thing—though it depends on who we are imitating!
But, maybe you’re attending way too many conferences and trying to implement everyone else’s methods but yours… maybe you’re spending disproportionate amount of time with your guitar than with the Lord… maybe you hero-worship Redman, Baloche, Tomlin, Brewster, Houghton and want to be like them so much that you’ve become a clone of them and lost yourself in the process.
The Lord wants you leading worship the way you lead worship just as much as he prefers Redman leading worship like Redman.
So, if you’ve been over-influenced by someone else, turn around now and be your unique self—even while implementing the good things we learn from others.
3. How deep are you?
- Do you pray daily?
- Read/study the Bible, spiritual books regularly?
- Invest in training yourself and your team?
- Or are you one of those mediocre worship leaders happily swimming in shallow waters?
- Do you pick songs that have solid meat to feed your congregation or are you satisfied with any catchy tune out there?
In the long run, people always respect and connect better with depth—not superficiality.
Do you agree? How else do you think we can maintain a God-focused worship ministry? Feel free to leave a comment and share your thoughts!
