There is a question that has been plaguing me for a while now and Ive yet to find a reasonable counter to my conclusion. Ive come to believe that we have made time an idol in our lives and Ill use a single example of this in my tiny tirade. As a person who has actually been employed as a worship/music leader in a church, I was persistently puzzled by the time constraints of Sunday morning worship, even more specifically, why the praise and worship section of a Sunday morning worship was allotted a specific amount of time that needed to be adhered to stringently. I understand the logistical part of it: 1. Nursery workers cant keep our babies all day 2. Childrens Ministry workers cant keep our kids all day 3. Theres another service that has to be attended to But more often than not, I feel like the reasons, realistically, look more like this: 1. We have to allow 45 minutes for the sermon so that people can beat the (choose a denomination) to the buffet 2. I need a nap 3. Ive got other stuff to do this afternoon before evening service/The Walking Dead/etc. Can we honestly say that we spend enough time in worship daily in our walks with God? Can we truly confess that we give time to God daily in prayer, supplication, and worship? Can we fearlessly admit that we spend enough time during our waking ours in reverence and humility in praise to the One who created us? I cant. So, why do we feel this desperate need to hash out our time on the, more than likely, one day per week that we purposefully settle in to praise our Lord and Savior? Ive got nothing for this, save that weve made our time and idol and I believe that we need to cast our stone tablets upon that idol and allow ourselves to worship freely. To give honor and praise and glory on the Sabbath to our God without fear of going over time, or wearing out a song, or missing the first part of Big Bang Theory. Ironically, this entire thought started as a waste of time. While browsing YouTube for a video clip to insert into a webpage, I stumbled across a video from last years Passion conference. Ill include the video below, but I want you to be conscious of something if you watch it. Notice how nobody is in a rush to move the song along... Notice how nobody is in a rush to end the song... Notice how free the students and young people feel in just letting the Spirit move them to continue to worship, long after the three-minute thirty-second time limit is over. They answered the call to worship. Can we do the same in our lives on Sunday mornings and in our daily lives? I challenge us both to do so.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:49:03 +0000
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