Wednesday, 24 June 2009

• Redundancy in worship

  Redundancy in worship songs is something that used to bother me. It seemed like my church’s worship services seemed to be like a music player stuck on repeat. The songs would be the same and after a few weeks the meaning behind the song disappeared and I felt like I was mindlessly participating in the worship. After awhile, I didn’t even feel like singing or participating in the worship.

   

  After having this feeling for a few weeks, it was like my whole attitude to worship was changed. It became revealed to me that it wasn’t so much the how the music sounded. It didn’t matter if the piano was drowned out by the other instruments. It didn’t matter if someone was singing off key or clapping off rhythm. What really mattered was my attitude, and where my heart was during the worship time.

   

  For me to overcome my dislike of the redundancy, I had to take time to consider the song while singing it. I had to think about each line and what the meaning to the song was for me personally. Then I had to ask myself when I sing “x” do I really mean it. I don’t want to feel like I have to participate because the congregation is. I want to participate in worship because I whole-heartily love God and genuinely agree with the words to the songs. When I could say for myself this is why I am worshiping, I could see past the redundancies and see how I could truly worship.

   

  Have you ever felt you had to overcome a redundancy in your worship or church service?

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