Toilet Bowl and the Worship Team

How does a person remains humble especially in the music team?

As they say, No where in the church are egos bigger than in the music department. And that is why I feel the urge of blogging this one down.

A good mentor once told me, that there’s a worship leader in a certain church that were once ask “What keeps you humble?” from there he answered right away “Well, during the days when I’m not on the stage leading, I was the one who’s cleaning the church’s restroom”

Go figure!

You see, right from the start the man already knew that its not about him being served by the limelight but its all about serving the one true master, Jesus. He followed Jesus and obey his words.. that’s its not about just being on the stage.. but its all about serving Him anywhere and that includes cleaning the toilet bowl..

A heart of a worshiper doesn’t have a limit after all, its not having all the lights focus on you when you’re leading, its not about being on a big stage, and its neither about being popular and you not wanting to accept other jobs anymore and I’ve seen much of these examples happening on a church, and that includes me being a victim of my ego.

The true heart of a worshiper is wherein you know that serving doesn’t have to be you being served (and accepting this hard truth), that there is no limit on serving God no matter what it takes. Its about passing on the baton, doesn’t need to worry much on how big the stage is, and about who we are when we are not leading on the stage.

Servant-hood is the key, we are all serving only the Master, which is God. Serving without being hesitant whether it is the big church that we’re serving or only the small church.

We should always remember that as we remain humble, the real master lifts us up on the pedestal, and not us exerting or boasting our efforts dragging ourselves on the pedestal.

Now I challenged you to these questions;

Am I only serving myself to the point that I only wanted to just perform on stage?
Did God called me to lead only in the big church and the big church alone?
Am I conscious about only leading worship alone?
Lastly, Am I willing to clean a toilet bowl?

I Thank God For The Music

I can’t imagine my life now if I had decided not to audition for the music team 1 1/2 years ago, simple because, I really don’t have any background in singing then, and if you would ask me on what age did I started singing (formally), man! it was only the time when I passed on the audition.

Though I’ve been singing already prior to the audtion. but that’s only either my teacher/ professor would require it or when i’m with my friends and most  of the time, I’m singing together with a group… coz I don’t even have a guts to say that ‘Hey! I could sing’ then…

But God changes everything… He gave confidence to sing, thus He called me into this ministry.

I never though that I would be singing in front of a crowd…

I’ve been singing in the ministry for almost a year now, and honestly I enjoyed it… I get a chance to meet new friends, musicians, mentors, and I got to serve God of course…

And I thank God for that…
I thank god for this gift…
I thank god for the music…

For me, music is a gift, music is one way of expressing our feelings towards to anything. Its another way of expressing ourselves and our emotions, and I’m a testimony to that. Another thing is, music is something that all the people can relate with, it may differ from genres but all of which have the same purpose, and that is for the listeners, as well as the musicians, singers, and composers can be able to tell others on what they really feel, thus, on what they really want  to say.

As for me, through music, I get to expressed my inner most thoughts from which I’m having a hard time on showing it to others then.

I also met my best buddies… my brothers that I’m really thankful for, not just for their company… but for everything that we have been sharing,

and also through music, I know i have changed… for the better of course… i mean, i usually have this feeling of being inferior then, that some people don’t see it and that’s a big deal for me… but now, as I’ve said.. I’ve changed…

Lastly, I thank God for the music simply because through this, I am humbled before him, I am alwyas being reminded of how great He is and how awesome He is, and I’m grateful for what He had done to me, that’s why I wrote this blod, coz I just want to share how music changed my life and that I’m blessed to have this gift.

Now, I just want to encourage those people who have given this kind of gift to use and take care of it… because God gave it and I believe that there is a purpose for that gift… just like what God’s purpose did to me…

Again, I thank god for the music….

(posted March 11, 2008)