Worship Lids
For the rest of this week, I want to look at what keeps us from reaching the next level in any aspect of worshiping God - what lids keep us stuck in the box we’re in instead of letting us break out and move forward. Today, our pastor and I are meeting to talk about the lids that are currently at our church and what we can do to break out of them. I’m looking forward to the discussion. But here, we’ll look at these things tomorrow through Friday:
- Personal Lids - what keeps you from worshiping God?
- Corporate Lids - what keeps your congregation from worshiping God?
- Skill Lids - what keeps you and/or your congregation from moving to a higher level of quality and excellence in your musical and/or technical skills?
Have any lids you can already think of?
Wow.
How strange that you should post this, as I JUST started a new weekly blog series entitled “Unbelief: Roadblock to true worship.”
Obviously, I think one of the most significant ‘lids’ is “unbelief”, which exists because so many believers base their faith on merely experience, which is not a solid foundation - when the ‘winds blow’, their doubt overtakes them, and their worship - their passion for God - grows cold.
Good post! I look forward to seeing other responses!
Comment by Shannon Lewis — March 19, 2008 @ 7:16 am
Shannon, thanks for your comment!
You are so true that unbelief is a hindrance to worship. Probably the biggest. And now I need to edit my post from today to add it because I completely forgot about this one!
Great post on your blog, by the way. I’m looking forward to reading the continuation of the series.
Comment by Ryan — March 19, 2008 @ 8:17 am