November 10, 2010 What Consumes You
I admit that I am not the most creative guy on the planet. In fact I would be willing to submit myself to being considered in the lower echelon of creativity. I also will admit that I am not very artsy or artistic (whatever the right word is). I was laughing with Josh, our worship intern, the other day when he started talking about the awesome camera angles and stuff from a movie he watched. I am happy that he is that guy, because I am no where close to being that guy. When I watch a movie, I am simply watching it for entertainment value (sadly that is lacking in movies right now). In fact, I rarely go see the “Oscar” movies because they tend to not entertain.
I fear that we do that as worship leaders. As worship leaders, most of us I would say have a beyond average understanding of music and tend to be a little extra creative. The only problem that I have is that sometimes we talk more about the music than we do about the God that we are serving. I love writing music and I love trying to get better at it. I love singing songs that help express things about my relationship with God that I haven’t been able to put into words. In the end, I love my Jesus more than I do the singing.
You may think this is an exaggeration, but if we stopped doing music at Capstone for a period of time I would still love my Jesus and look forward to gathering with the Stoners. Why? Because it is not the music that I am consumed with, it’s Jesus.
Worship Leader, are you more interested in cool phrases and awesome chord structures and new tones on a guitar more than you are about Jesus? I promise you that when you lead, it is obvious.
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