Day 13......Spirit & Truth

Hi friends:


I just wanted to make an observation here first and foremost. I laugh at myself here in my actions I'm about to describe. I'm not much of a book reader. I just pretty much read the bible. Of course I read my business emails and I create ministry emails.....but as for reading books.....I just haven't since I was in school. Suffice it to say, more than several years ago. I've purposed in my heart to read this book, and I'm SO glad I have. What's funny is, I open up the book to the chapter of the day, and kind of sigh a bit. Then I count how many pages long it is. Hehehehehe. Without fail when I begin to read the chapter all of a sudden, I'm at the end! I'm saddened sometimes that it's over already. What a difference! God can truly change us if we will let Him. I really liked the different types (or styles) of worship that were described in this chapter. I was taken aback by it all. I mean, your way may not be my way, nor mine yours. I think we can operate in more than one, if not all of the facets of worship. I know folks who want more traditional music IE hymns and the like, and anything else to them is just noise. Whereas I also know folks who worship in more contemporary ways, and the traditional just kind of bores them. Larry Norman (the first Christian rock and roller ever.....wrote "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music" and "I Wish We'd All Been Ready" and "Jesusfreak" (the last two re-made by DC Talk....by the way DC Talk literally translated means "Decent Christian Talk"......just thought I'd throw that in). He said in the 1st song I mentioned "I don't like none of those funeral marches........I ain't dead yet!" Hehehehehe. So we all have a different way of going about the same task.......worshipping God. I can't, or shouldn't belittle you because you do it differently.....nor should you belittle me for my style of worship. Anyway........let me get to the question here.

"Which is more pleasing to God right now----my public worship or my private worship? What will I do about this?"

Oh my. This is more than a little bit embarrassing, but I must say He's probably more pleased with my private worship. The reason being is I lead the praise and worship at church and sometimes I get so caught up in being a musician that I forget the main thing.........worshipping God. Sometimes I revert back to "performing" rather than focusing in on worship. It's so different "leading" the singing and just singing. When I sing in a public forum where no one else is really counting on me to lead them it's different, more like my private worship time. So I just need to forget everyone else, and worship God. I'm just being painfully honest here. I'm also going to be praying that I remember these words I spoke right now, and the Lord would help me in this area. What about you??? James