An Incrdeible Encounter

Yesterday was the first time this school year that I had the new Sunday morning worship team play together. Over the past couple months I have been struggling through where students should be used in our celebration team. I am so excited because I believe God orchestrated this process through me. It was an amazing experience yesterday that can only be described as divine. As I look back over the past couple of months I now see that I have learned a great deal. First, I learned that if you depend on God and follow His leading you will be rewarded. This time of worship through music yesteday was incredible in an emotional sense. I feel like over the past year or so I have been a worshipper that has worship in truth most of the time. My spirit has not been into it (corprate worship) for the most part. A lot of times as followers of Jesus we go into a worship experience desiring a euphoric emotional connection with our maker. The euphoria in itself is not bad in my opinion, but it crosses the line when we worship the euphoria. What I have learned this past week is to embrace the times when it is hard to worship, the times when I don't feel like leading a band, the times when I worship purely out of obedience not out of emotion. Secondly, I was reintroduced the unity that the Holy Spirit is capable of. My encounter on Sunday was in the context of my high school worship band, but I sit here and remember all of the relationships that I have that would not be as great as they are without the Holy Spirit. I guess my prayer today is one of thanksgiving for an amazing emotional encounter and the unification the Holy Spirit is continually bringing to the surface in my life.