Over
the last week, my schedule has been fairly full and there has been plenty going
on to keep me busy. Unfortunately, I’ve
allowed that to cut into my personal time with God. On Monday night, I was home and was ready to
catch up on my devotional reading…when I realized I left my Bible and book on
my desk at church. This afternoon, in my
preparation for tonight’s choir rehearsal, I sat down to review the devotional
thought from our Doxology and Theology
book. The topic was very convicting to
me this week as an area of needed growth.
Chapter 6 discusses The Worship
Leader and His Heart.
Here
are a few thoughts from the book:
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The character of your heart (good, bad, and ugly) will shape everything you do
in ministry.
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The perilous detriment of sin is that it separates us from God, our source of
life.
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What our congregation sees us doing publicly; they are expecting us to do
privately as well.
Matthew
6:1 says, “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order
to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from our Father who is in
heaven.”
Worship
leaders are always in danger of falling into the pharisaical trap of honoring
God with our lips, but keeping our hearts far from Him. Our
mandate is to actually love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul, and
strength—not to simply make people think we do.
Please
pray for me in this area that I can keep my heart more focused on Him all week
long.
