Jeremiah 33:20-21
“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other, only then will my covenant with my servant David be broken. Only then will he no longer have a descendant to reign on his throne. The same is true for my covenant with the Levitical priests who minister before me.
As I read this passage this morning, it really hit home with me. I was reminded how small we are and how big God is: that we could no more disrupt God's plan than we could disrupt the rhythm of day and night. That is both humbling and comforting.
Showing posts with label humbleness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humbleness. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Attitude Check? Praise the Lord.
Psalm 150
As an assistant youth pastor, one of my favorite parts (if not the favorite part) of my job is leading worship. We have a youth worship service every Sunday morning, do a short worship set before Wednesday night small groups, and tend to salt and pepper all of our events with worship whenever possible.
As much as I love leading people in worship, it can be physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding; and sometimes, I just don't feel up to it. But, over the years, I've found that I can respond to my lack of feeling in one of two ways. I can say, to myself, either:
It is incredibly humbling to see the vast difference that my team and I experience when I choose B instead of A.
Have you let God work through you this week, or have you tried to do it on your own?
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
As an assistant youth pastor, one of my favorite parts (if not the favorite part) of my job is leading worship. We have a youth worship service every Sunday morning, do a short worship set before Wednesday night small groups, and tend to salt and pepper all of our events with worship whenever possible.
As much as I love leading people in worship, it can be physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding; and sometimes, I just don't feel up to it. But, over the years, I've found that I can respond to my lack of feeling in one of two ways. I can say, to myself, either:
A. "I don't feel like leading worship, but I'll push on and do my best."
or
B. "I don't feel like leading worship, so I can have even more confidence that God is the one leading worship."
or
B. "I don't feel like leading worship, so I can have even more confidence that God is the one leading worship."
It is incredibly humbling to see the vast difference that my team and I experience when I choose B instead of A.
Have you let God work through you this week, or have you tried to do it on your own?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The World's Greatest
Matthew 18:1-6
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Typically, I have the opportunity to lead youth in worship twice a week. However, this week, I have been leading our Vacation Bible School's worship sessions. If anything has struck me, it is the intense humbleness of children.
Children do not care how they sound when they worship; their worship is a worship that originates in their hearts and not in their mouths. When we lead youth services, we keep our amps in a closet at a reasonable volume. At VBS, we have our amps on stage and we keeping finding ourselves reaching for the volume knobs as the children's worship is dwarfing the sound coming from our amps.
I am truly honored to be taught by children.
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Typically, I have the opportunity to lead youth in worship twice a week. However, this week, I have been leading our Vacation Bible School's worship sessions. If anything has struck me, it is the intense humbleness of children.
Children do not care how they sound when they worship; their worship is a worship that originates in their hearts and not in their mouths. When we lead youth services, we keep our amps in a closet at a reasonable volume. At VBS, we have our amps on stage and we keeping finding ourselves reaching for the volume knobs as the children's worship is dwarfing the sound coming from our amps.
I am truly honored to be taught by children.
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