Worship and Leadership

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The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught." (Isaiah 29:13, NIV)

No, I'm not talking about the worship leader - the one playing the instrument, singing, out front leading at the beginning of church service, etc. I'm talking about the lead worshiper, but with a slightly different perspective.

You don't have to lead a ministry to worship, but you need to be a worshiper to lead a ministry. Why? Because worship was never our idea, it was God's. In I John 4:19 we see that we love because He loved us first. Worship is a love relationship. It is also about relationship and revelation. As worshipers we acknowledge God for his supreme authority, and from that acknowledgment comes obedience and service. Worship lies at the heart of what we do as leaders. God gave us our leadership abilities, and those we lead belong to Him, not to us. When we allow worship to be at the very heart of who we are, then we begin to tap into God's very nature. If, as leaders, our lives are not fully connected with God through lifestyle worship, then we are out of order. Disorder in our lives brings disorder in our ministry leadership, which affects those we lead. Worship, when done with any other motive in mind than to glorify God is not true worship, and it creates a blockage in our relationship with Him.

A healthy, effective ministry where people are helped, changed, and transformed will begin with a leader who has made the worship of God a priority.

Be blessed. . .
Donna R. Patrick, Contributing Writer
 

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