A long journey in the service of praise and worship, as a singer, musician, worship leader and choir is a story. A very enjoyable part of life when we selected and dilayakkan into the house of Levi to stand at the forefront of raising the glorification of our God, and become servants of the selected peers beloved shepherd. As human life would cease when the human heart stops beating, this story will stop when the heart beats no longer worship it.
Abraham offered up Isaac. Isaac set my mind to the best and largest property owned by Abraham at the time. The Bible says Abraham was called up as a "victim". Essence of worship is an offering made by the whole of our consciousness. There is no worship without sacrifice. But the heart of the offering of Abraham was the victim. Without the "victim", Abraham would not go. Without a willingness to "sacrifice", it is impossible Abraham made preparations to bring the wood, the fire and the knife to make his offering.
Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. So the two go together.
The beauty of our team's performance at the stage where the service is not as beautiful as our team was behind the stage. Maybe some of you do not agree with this, because sometimes I also think that what appeared on stage is partly a reflection that existed prior to the stage.
But what I meant was, behind our worship service, not a few complaints, burden, tears, frustration, disappointment .. whatever it is that has to be the cause. One by one team member has a complaint, there is a shed over and over, there are also ingested alone.
For we have only two choices: turn on the heartbeat of sacrifice, or to put forward our objections and complaints that slowly weakens the heart rate sacrifice.
In terms of what we are faced with the situation have to make sacrifices?
A. Time.
There are times, in time we should have a break, but we are still working to find chord chord songs for worship, or arrange the songs, wrote the script for the show, memorize texts of songs, listen and learn new songs from the albums spiritual.
2. Money.
For training and meetings, we need the cost. To bank the song, we need to set aside some money to buy tapes and CDs diligent spiritual songs, as well as for uniform / costume team, call or sms to friends or fellow workers to attend training specific meeting. To camp or retreat activities, we need contributions. Trap awry, chose to calculations by the service or not counting, but jamming the brakes as best he could.
3. Accept gracefully when the ideas or expectations are not accepted or live a delusion.
A Worship Leader have expectations of what and how the Singer should support it. A musician had hopes and desires of how the skills and the skills of a Worship Leader and lead appear. Each team member has a figure of hope and support of the Shepherd, though difficult to describe. Hope and desire ... you better know how long you have been longing sparks just in a team. Yes sometimes appear sometimes sinking, has never materialized.
4. Toil without reward.
To make a meaningful event and blessed many congregations, have thought, idea development, through implementation of energy-consuming. The remaining work force of our daily routine, must be in the "set" as containing a new energy when we are working for the ministry. In fact, it is the energy left, after being drained in the office, at work, at home, and so forth. The end of it all, do not be surprised ... one day will not hear applause, said the words "thank you" and "glory" can change its meaning.
5. Patching holes.
Talking about a team of music and praise, we are dealing with the imperfections of others, who actually contributed to the imperfections of ourselves in it. System and the rules applied in the church that no one can rescue us from the function to cover the deficiencies of the members, except that in each local church is the tolerance level is different. Any regulations that apply, there must be holes. Wherever possible, we are patching the holes in our team that created by the imperfections. In fact it is not an option, but an annoying necessity.
Maybe some of us said, "I have no problem with the things above". If we do not have a problem with a sacrifice, lest ... we do not live our stewardship seriously, and we became a member of the team that created the hole.
Isaac is the greatest treasure and most precious to Abraham,,, what is the largest and most valuable thing that brings us to choose between complain or give that up as a victim?
Story of Abraham's offering of the heart rate did not stop there ...
Genesis 22:12-14 And he said: "Do not kill the boy and kauapa do anything to him, because now I know that you fear God, and hast not withheld your son, your single-handed to me." Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram behind him, that his horns caught in a thicket. Abraham took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. And Abraham named the place "The Lord provides": for it is said: "In the mount of the LORD, will be provided."
God asked him, but Allah provided instead. I'm happy when subjected to a member of our team dedicated to serve no calculations about time, effort and money. We watched them one by one be blessed in their work and personal life. Of which do not have a job find a job. In fact, there is a member of our team is blessed with descendants of this couple in a long time waiting and waiting, but he is faithful in many ways about the sacrifices though marred by imperfections in the singing.
Genesis 22:16-17 saying, "I swear by myself - declares the Lord -
...... Then I will bless you abundantly ..
God swear .. this bond with our Lord's promise of abundant blessings. God himself made a covenant in his name alone to His children who turn the worship of sacrifice as a heartbeat.
As part of a song we often sing:
Aaa ... I believe the abundant blessing upon me ... VIRTUES, MERCY always following me ... I thank God I worship You ..
This part of the life of a worshiper. Excellent .. ha ha ha ... This is our part! hallelujah! Hallelujah! Blessed be He
