Lately we’ve been getting back to some of the foundational elements of our lives. One thing I can say about our family is that God made us worshippers. Way back in the day, the Green family traveled around the country singing and ministering in all kinds of venues.
When the Lord altered our journey and placed us in the local church setting, we discovered a major reason why music and singing had always been a part of our lives.
Week after week, the sound of powerful worship spilled forth out of the open windows of the Metro Christian Worship Center in south St. Louis. Every Sunday morning the neighborhood was directly impacted by the sound waves of praise and worship sweeping through the surrounding community. God changed the atmosphere of the community through praise and worship.
Then we had the audacity to take it to the street. We used to set up our equipment in neighborhood parks and sing praise and worship to God. We set up in front of the church facility and did the same thing.
We didn’t do evangelistic music or songs to try to draw a crowd. We just lifted our voices to the Lord. And we beheld the miraculous. People would come from everywhere, drawn by the sound of praise and worship to God.
Many of today’s musicians and singers make the mistake of trying to appeal to the world with their music and lyrics, but we have seen first-hand, how the mighty power of God affects people when all focus and attention is placed upon God alone.
Now that we are the overseers of a small weekly gathering, we have found that it is still the most powerful thing the church can do.
The past few weeks, we have returned to those praise and worship roots. We gather each week and enter into worship from the very beginning. Already the Lord has been moving in a powerful way as the meetings quickly become a prophetic gathering, an intercession gathering and a healing gathering.
We don’t have a team of musicians, singers and dancers, so we just use what we have available and that’s wonderful worship videos. I thought it would feel awkward to play worship videos while people prayed, but it was as natural as breathing because we were created to worship God.
Our hearts instantly engage, no matter how the worship comes forth. It doesn’t matter if it’s a recording or a live session. Our spirit recognizes the Spirit of God and instantly engages.
This has been an amazing discovery and we can’t wait to see what God does in our midst as we gather each week to worship Him.
As the songwriter said, to worship Him I live and I live to worship Him.
And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. We want the Spirit of God to bring His liberty into our midst and we are open for God to do whatever He desires to do in us, with us and through us.
