I originally sent this letter to our band. Hopefully you will benefit from it too.

As I was sitting here thinking about worshiping God, it struck me how fortunate we are to be the ones God has chosen to lead his church in music. Alone we are nothing special- each of us is a man or woman who is full of sin, deserving of nothing apart from God’s grace. And yet he called and equipped each of us to play music and lead our brothers and sisters into his presence to worship him. How awe-inspiring is that! At times I feel proud to be a musician at church. I feel as though I should be looked up to or praised for what I do. But when it all comes down, I am no different than anyone else. I am no more special than the guy who vacuums the church every week. We are both serving God by serving his church. And the same is true for each of us. We are on stage, doing what we love, but we are there only by the grace of God. My prayer is that, were God to ask any of us to step down and just vacuum the church every week instead of being up on stage, that we would gladly do so- just for the joy of serving Him.

In the end, what it all boils down to is realizing the greatness, grace and love of God, and worshiping him with our whole heart because of that. When we give him our absolute best, he takes over and does things through us that we never thought possible. As for myself, I am learning what it means to be a worship leader every moment of every day of my life. I face countless times where I have no clue what the heck I’m doing or why God chose me to do it. But somehow, in the end, those are the times I end up seeing how deep God’s love is, and how he wants to use my weaknesses, our weaknesses, as much as our strengths. As we play this weekend, be humble. Be willing to admit your weaknesses to God and allow him to make you stronger. Be ready to go places with God that you never thought possible. And above all, be prepared to worship with everything you have.