Worshipping to maintian your balance

Pastors often find it difficult to worship. When you're in charge you are more often concerned with making sure that everything is in place, that everyone is on the same page as you, and that makes it difficult to sit in the presence of God. This is why today was such a special day. Our church hosted one team from the Singing Men of South Texas. Their choice of songs, their spirit-ability, the message from the Word led me and others into his presence. This afternoon was a continuation of the morning. Our Association of churches sponsored the Singing Men where they performed for 90 minutes, many of the same songs as this morning but also new ones. Once again it was wonderful to participate in the worship experience.

Worship gives you a balanced perspecetive on life. Most of the week you concentrate on the affairs of the world. The tensions of the financial world, which often spills over into family life. You also see the devastation of the world's woes on people's lives and wonder how a Christian would respond. There is a lot of stress trying to do the right thing. Sometimes I am so nice to outsiders and come home to be a bear to my family. Haven't you experienced that?

Do you remember that a few weeks ago out congress set aside $700 billion to help resolve Wall Street's problems. Now we see the money not being used for its original purposes and we become frustrated with the greed of certain people. Now we have elected a charismatic leader, and we all have high expectations. By January 22, we will all be frustrated that the world is still a mess. Worship reminds us that God is in charge, that God has promised to provided for us. Worship tells us that, for Christians, everything will be all right. Our hope is not in the President or in Congress or even in the Supreme Court. Our hope is in God.

worship reminds us to be faithful to the task of declaring his kingdom, of demonstrate a kingdom lifestyle, and of developing kingdom leaders. worship helps us balance on lives.