lead me

as believers, why are we so hesitant to step outside of our box, our comfort zone, what we feel is acceptable, what we think is ‘normal’? 

 I was at church tonight because I can’t be away from Trent for too long or I feel I might burst!  Seriously… spontaneous human combustion.  It would be messy.  Well, he wasn’t leading tonight, he was there as support for a up and coming leader for Lifechurch.tv’s new Tulsa2 campus.  Right now, Ronnie fills in at Tulsa and when not filling in, is a guitar player for Derrik in Tulsa.  Well…. Ronnie brought it tonight.  And when I say ‘it’… I mean IT!  But here’s what really ate away at me… the fact that the church just stood and watched, for the most part, instead of letting Ronnie lead them.  Part of it could have been that Ronnie brought 3 new songs to the Edmond Campus… but they were great songs.  I think it’s just the fact that we get in this feel good cozy home, and when a visitor rings that door bell, instead of inviting them in and offering them a warm beverage, we all sit uptight and just watch the clock to see when this will be over with.  Now I DO appreciate that this campus loves my husband, as do I… hello!!! biggest fan here!!! but that doesn’t mean that he’s the only worship leader in this world.  There are a lot of greats… Jami Smith… The Nockels… Matt Redmond…. Charlie Hall… Do you think that back in the day, when Matt Redmond visited Charlie Hall’s church, they just stood and stared at him?

So I really feel like the message to Zechariah would not be any different to any of us.  And in my opinion, God even kind of said, Zech (cuz that’s what I think God would call him) what makes you think you’re any different?  If He’s saying that to Zech (cuz that’s what I would call him) then I totally hear him say, ‘Keri, what makes you any different? The message hasn’t changed.’   

Zechariah 7:7 (The Message)

7-10“There’s nothing new to say on the subject. Don’t you still have the message of the earlier prophets from the time when Jerusalem was still a thriving, bustling city and the outlying countryside, the Negev and Shephelah, was populated? [This is the message that God gave Zechariah.] Well, the message hasn’t changed. God-of-the-Angel-Armies said then and says now:

   ”‘Treat one another justly.
   Love your neighbors.
   Be compassionate with each other.
   Don’t take advantage of widows, orphans, visitors, and the poor.
   Don’t plot and scheme against one another—that’s evil.’

“…said then and says now”  See I know the phrase has become kind of cliche but I still look at a situation and say to myself, what would Jesus do?… or… is my heart in line with Gods?  Would Jesus just stand there and watch Ronnie and think to Himself, ‘Well Trent does this, and Trent does that…’  No.  Jesus would smile ear to ear and let Ronnie lead him in song and he’d do it with joy in his heart.  New song, old song, rock song, lullaby.  It’s not about the song itself, it’s about us worshiping our God.  Coming together and standing humbly in His presence with our hands in the air and believing in what we are singing to Him… no different than if we were in the middle of a field somewhere, all alone, singing with all our might, (in my case waaaaaaaay out of tune) pouring our heart to Him.  That’s what I want to do.  And that’s what I did.  The T2 (Tulsa 2) campus is going to be a blessed campus to have this man leading him in song.  You go, Ronnie!