Worship 2.0 Fallout

Wow. Worship 2.0 was awesome! Thanks to all of you that came out and got a taste of what God can do outside of Sunday. I do want to make a point about Worship 2.0. The idea is not that we are necessarily trying to do something new. The point is that we are trying to create an atmosphere in which we are open to the possibility of something new. The focus of the Worship 2.0 series is really about freeing ourselves, kicking down boundaries, opening our hearts and minds, and surrendering all that we are to praise the Lord for all that He is. When we do that we cannot hope to ever remain the same.

It took me a while to follow up on this because I just felt really drained. This is something that has been on my heart for a long time, and I just felt like I poured everything I had into it. And afterward I just seemed to have run out of juice. I was exhausted. I am reminded here of some words from a song by Brenton Brown (based on the end of Isaiah Chapter 40 - remember Isaiah 40, its where the inspiration for "Teach Me How to Be in Awe" came from, anyway back to the blog):

Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord

Well sometimes strength does come when we wait. But sometimes strength comes by just diving back into the fray and letting God work it out. The SMYDEK worship time last night became that for me. Evan rolled to the house and sat in with us, and he and rest of the boys really rocked the place. I was totally reinvigorated. I felt like I had been given new strength:

'Cause when we see you we find strength to face the day

Another line from Mr. Brown along with Paul Baloche in the song "Hosanna".

Are we looking to God first to provide our strength? Or do we try to work it out on our own first? Being of the control-freak nature, I am often inclined to do the latter. I guess that's something I need to work on.

To all of you fellow laborers in Christ, may God renew your strength today.

Amazed by Him,
W2