Worship music is part of our preparation... It readies us for an encounter with God. It affords us a sense of sanctuary, a cleansing of the heart and mind from all distraction, baggage and fallenness that has attached itself to us, rendering us incapable of sensing the presence of God and experiencing a life-changing encounter with God that will fuel us into the coming days and relationships where we are to be, as Jesus said, salt and light for him.
A friend of mine made some observations about worship gatherings- in particular, those times when we are released from the imposed structure of the lyric in order to just sing and pray within the worship space:
I have noticed when the spontaneous song is released, so often that is when the pictures and visions are seen. It's as though when the singer taps into the song, the sound being released by the Father, those who see tap into the visual. There is a higher level of faith released corporately when we work together like this, we can go higher than we can individually and we see His creative words and ideas released corporately. There is joy in sound that enters my heart.
(Joanne Lepp)
During such a worship time in the small group I meet with, God gave me a picture of his person which I wrote down…
the man of darkened face, unshaven because he's been tirelessly working, covered in mud but smiling- delighted to see new life rising up through the soil. the field/garden is already green. he is not planting- he is tending to these new seedlings, able to recognize the weeds from the desired plants, but pleased to have them grow together for this time.
john 20.14-16
man didn't recognize...
it is the gardener that recognizes the plants, not the plants that recognize the gardener. the plants turn towards the light and the gardener makes this possible by tending to the garden....
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