e*g Week 4

Essentials Green Week 4 Discussion Q&A

Question:
What spiritual formation idea or quote most moved you this week? How will you seek to apply to your daily life as a Christian and as a leader?

Answer:
Brian Doerksen’s video clip called, “Safety” resonated deeply with me. He talks about the importance of approaching worship from a place of wholeness and integrity. That it gives us a natural authority that allows the people we lead to have a sense of safety and trust.

He points out that, yes, in music there will be emotion, but rather than trying to hype it up or manufacture it, when we lead out of an authentic, fully surrendered walk with God, the emotion comes out of that real relationship. It is an overflow of what has been cultivated in our inner life.

I believe wholeheartedly that our worship needs to come from a place of integrity. The secret places must be surrendered before the Lord. Our worship must come from places of authenticity. We do not have to be perfect, but we do need to be honest and our hearts need to be pursuing the deeper waters with God no matter what.

This facet of spiritual formation resonates strongly with me. I know what it’s like to lead worship, and even lead it effectively, from places that lacked integrity. I also know what it’s like to have that catch up with me. I know the devastating consequences it brings.

Now, after pressing in and allowing God to shed His light on those areas and bring healing and wholeness, I understand fully the supreme value of being integrated before God and those I am called to serve. I would not trade the road I have walked for anything because it has given me perspective, and above all, a burning passion for a grounded, centered, integrated life