Reflections on Psalm 8
O Yahweh, my King,
Your name shouts out who You are throughout the earth!
Worthy One, Amazing One, excellent in every way.
Your shining light floods the universe
from my living room to Your throne room.
Babies like Xavier, nursing and helpless and utterly dependent,
are the ones who know how to praise You best.
They just are... and they just receive...
no agenda, no doubts or fears.
They don't question why they are loved,
they just accept it.
And because You have made true wisdom to be foolishness to man,
You have made these little ones to be
the very epitome of strenth in Your kingdom.
This shuts up the enemy - the one who preens
and makes a big show of appearing "strong" and unbeatable.
Let me be small. Let me be humble.
Let me be utterly dependent on You,
helpless and hungry for Your every look and Your faithful nourishment.
Who am I that You would even think of me?
That You would give me a family and ministry and hope for the future?
Your love is amazing!
O Beloved, my King,
Your name shouts of who You are throughout the earth!
They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. -Psalm 36:8 (NKJV)
Thursday, March 03, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Whoa, three blog postings in a month! Aaron's going to fall over from shock.
Speaking of Aaron, I know he would encourage me to write my thoughts from the past weekend of "A Conversation with Eric Herron". The conversation was loosely structured and revolved around these words "Missional Worship Artist".
Here's some of my favorite important thoughts:
Worship= a wholehearted response to God with accurate understanding of who He is and what He does
Worship Artist = a skilled maker who makes things that COMPEL others to worship God
(I've never really considered myself to be an artist, but with the above definitions, my little prayer poem efforts make the cut :)
Art = is a process not just the artifact or result.
Creating art is like taking light with a magnifying glass and focusing it on something specific. The artist creates a symbol/artifact and then the receiver receives it. But then there is the meaning. The meaning connects it all. Will the receiver get the meaning? Will the receiver surpass the artist's intention?
Interesting perspective: Dorothy L. Sayers in Mind of the Maker said that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are like the process of creativity. The Father is abstract and invisible. The Son is the artifact made, the Incarnate Word, the visible image of the invisible God. The Holy Spirit is the brooding force, like the meaning of the creative process.
The Mission of God = to create more worshippers (not get more to pray the sinner's prayer, fill your church pew, etc)
Some conclusions....
Conclusion 1 - Each of us is like an instrument adding our own sound when He breathes into us.
Conclusion 2 - In the end, we will all worship together! Worship is a sliding scale....right now we are in the shallow end of the pool (when worshipping corporately or alone) but when we see Him face to face, we'll finally be in the deep end of the pool. And we'll be together - entire body of Christ worshipping corporately.
Each sound adds to the orchestra of heavenly worship. We're meant for the orchestra!!
Conclusion 3 - Our purpose as worship artists? To create more worshippers....to create in skilled way that COMPELS others to worship.
Speaking of Aaron, I know he would encourage me to write my thoughts from the past weekend of "A Conversation with Eric Herron". The conversation was loosely structured and revolved around these words "Missional Worship Artist".
Here's some of my favorite important thoughts:
Worship= a wholehearted response to God with accurate understanding of who He is and what He does
Worship Artist = a skilled maker who makes things that COMPEL others to worship God
(I've never really considered myself to be an artist, but with the above definitions, my little prayer poem efforts make the cut :)
Art = is a process not just the artifact or result.
Creating art is like taking light with a magnifying glass and focusing it on something specific. The artist creates a symbol/artifact and then the receiver receives it. But then there is the meaning. The meaning connects it all. Will the receiver get the meaning? Will the receiver surpass the artist's intention?
Interesting perspective: Dorothy L. Sayers in Mind of the Maker said that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are like the process of creativity. The Father is abstract and invisible. The Son is the artifact made, the Incarnate Word, the visible image of the invisible God. The Holy Spirit is the brooding force, like the meaning of the creative process.
The Mission of God = to create more worshippers (not get more to pray the sinner's prayer, fill your church pew, etc)
Some conclusions....
Conclusion 1 - Each of us is like an instrument adding our own sound when He breathes into us.
Conclusion 2 - In the end, we will all worship together! Worship is a sliding scale....right now we are in the shallow end of the pool (when worshipping corporately or alone) but when we see Him face to face, we'll finally be in the deep end of the pool. And we'll be together - entire body of Christ worshipping corporately.
Each sound adds to the orchestra of heavenly worship. We're meant for the orchestra!!
Conclusion 3 - Our purpose as worship artists? To create more worshippers....to create in skilled way that COMPELS others to worship.
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