People can tell the depth of a worship leader's walk with God. At least I know of one other person who can tell. I was a bit disappointed when this was not really emphasised during the worship retreat. I contemplated sharing, yet felt inhibited by my self-consciousness, lethargy as well as my lack of presence in terms of the technical aspect of my own musicality.
Self-pride in thinking that we are not too bad in comparison to other smaller churches without bringing in the working and empowering of the Holy Spirit through our inadequacy is going to lead in the stagnancy of the spiritual growth in the worship ministry. At the end of the meeting, I felt slightly uneasy and a momentarily loss of peace.
I do not believe that the instrumental portion of a song is a time for the worship leader and the singers to rest. I also do not believe that the parts and linkage of the different parts in a song should be planned and followed as rehearsed. There needs to be space for the Holy Spirit to work. It is the musicians and primarily the worship leader to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to lead the congregation in a moment with God. Someone suggested it could be the Selah moment, which could be one of the moments.
I am new too and I may be wrong, but this is how I feel at this moment in time. In the meantime, The worship retreat is a good reminder to keep walking with God and also to work on the technical aspect of my playing.
Selah.
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Hi dear,
ReplyDeleteif I may add my own thoughts, resting during the song is not "rest " per-say, but rest in that we don't get lost in the song and rather have that bit of time to have our private moments conversing with God. Agree that we shouldn't plan and follow to the T all the parts and transitions but that takes skill and chemistry in the team to know how to move together so that we don't end up distracting the congregation.
thank you for responding. I understand what you are saying :) It's a process and learning and growing together. :) Hugs.
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