God recently demonstrated to one Christian that we were all made for worship.
Usually, when they convene for prayer, she is the go-to person for intercession and prayer warring. It is always someone else’s duty to lead the worship.
“This time, we had the annual family altar in the village, where we invited one of our senior pastors to pray with us. My brother-in-law told me I was in charge of leading the worship,” she said.
She naturally argued and tried to wriggle out of the arrangement, telling him she has a terrible voice and did not have the gift of worship. Huh! Anyway, he insisted and she tentatively started to sing a few choruses.
“I don’t know where the songs came from, but I just found myself unable to stop. At one point I even forgot where I was completely, and it was just me and my God. When I finally stopped and looked around me, I was shocked to see some of my siblings at various stages of deliverance,” she said.
“I had not even noticed that the pastor had arrived, but there he was, prostrating on the floor in worship. I was pleasantly shocked that God had used me in that way. I am not even a worshipper!”
Oh, yes, you are. We all are. That was a masterclass she received from God Himself! That was the very meaning of the scripture that says that God is looking for those who will worship Him in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).
It does not matter how beautiful or how off your voice is; what God truly wants is an outpouring of love for Him from your heart. This lady nailed that, and two weeks later she is still in awe of what the Lord did through her.
It changed the way she viewed worship. We are all vessels of worship. Some cracked and soiled, some polished and in pristine condition, but all vessels, nonetheless; and you would be shocked to find that the broken vessel once mended, is the most durable and useful of them all.
Don’t shy away from worship, using countless excuses. At least start by using spoken words of worship until you break into song, but by all means, worship the Lord.