“…David was dancing before the Lord with all his might… ‘I will become even more undignified than this…'” -2 Samuel 6:14, 22
In the past year, Jesus has done some crazy things within me dealing with worship. I wholeheartedly believe how worshipping the Lord can physically change places. I believe this because I’ve seen it. I’ve seen people come to know Him after one worship song. I watched a stranger come into our group during worship and repent of her sins, coming back to the Lord. Biblically, Jehoshaphat sent his worshippers into battle first, thereby defeating the Moabites and Ammonites (2 Chronicles 20)! So yeah…worship is powerful.
Knowing that and knowing that I have a heart for worship and intercession, I was extremely excited to head into what is technically a closed country, China, for Y squad’s 8 month debrief. As I was walking around the city, praying for this nation, God reminded me of just how powerful worship is. Later I met up with the worship leader and told him what God had placed on my heart, so during worship that evening, I got to lead Y Squad in a song. I was super nervous, but something happened as we sang. Hearts were broken, prayers were sent up, and the Spirit came down.
But here’s the best part: we sang it in China. We sang it as loudly as we could, broken for these people, with our hearts and the windows wide open, over a city that isn’t allowed to know their Maker. And every time we worshipped that week, that happened. There is not a doubt in my mind that the worship held in the tiny hostel room with 50 or so believers did something to the spiritual atmosphere of that city. And that just maybe God is continuing to use those prayers even as we’ve all moved on.
