I have spent the weekend engulfed in every kind of worship imaginable. I spent the first part of the weekend at a youth event called revamp. I saw people come alive working with youth, I saw rappers praising God through rap. I saw youth praising God through serving and singing. I saw people doing sound and lights and tear down.
And then tonight, sunday I went to a church called the Upper Room. They were having a celebration of the arts called Creo, which in latin means to create. And it was an incredible chance to see all the different ways people connect with God. There were artists and singers and musicians and dancers and poets.
At first when I got to the main service, I was not really into it. I will admit I am not a real artsy guy, nor do I necessarily have a thing for music or dancing all that much. But something hit me through about the middle of the second session. At the end of the first session the lady in charge had said that it was amazing how we got to see just a glimpse of how these people worshipped God. It was like we were sitting in on their worship time with God. And it hit me that these people weren’t there to entertain me or so that I could get something out of it. They were there worshipping God. It was just them and God. They were dancing to God, singing to God, drawing for God, reading for God. And it became alive and amazing.
I really started to think about what it was that makes me come alive like that? What is it in my life that I know is my heart being poured out to God. I guess singing is alright to me, and I enjoy other things, but what really brings me joy. The thing that really makes me on fire for God and near Him was quite simple.
After it was all over I walked back upstairs to where they had made a mock african hut and showed a mission video, and I started to help them clean up. And it was a mess, they had wood mulch all over the floor and walls that had to be torn down. And I found myself there getting dirty and helping to serve by cleaning up. And realized that what was what made me come alive, where my heart and passion lies. That is how I found I was made to worship God. I was singing and dancing and reading and sharing just in the form that God had given me the ability to perform in, through serving others. How boring would it be if we all worshiped God the same way. It would be super boring. So lets praise God for how awesome He is in whatever way He made us to do that in.
So my challenge to you is, what is your passion? What is it in you that comes alive? I ask that you would leave a comment telling me and the world what that is. We are all so unique and God has made us so different, I remember I used to always feel that there was something wrong with me because I am not a big singer, and us Christians put so much emphasis on that as how to worship God, but I now realize God just wired me differently and that rocks. So please share and come alive in whatever way God has designed you to be.
