After taking a hiatus to have my fourth child, I am excited to back to singing with the worship team at church. This morning we were practicing before service in a shorter time frame than normal and we were stumbling. We had trouble getting the mike and monitor settings comfortable for everyone and we were anxious about being able to hear our parts and how they fit with everyone else. We walked back to the church office to prep for the service with anxious hearts.
In the office, Bret (our worship pastor) shared that each time "The Revelation Song" is part of the morning service (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsiDukXIeVY) there is evidence of spiritual warfare. The devil doesn't like us singing the words that Paul heard the angels in heaven singing (wonder if he wrote it when he was up there). So we prayed specifically that God would use that song.
Back on stage, the first four songs went ok - not great, the sound levels on stage still weren't great, but we did our best. That didn't matter. We got to THE song - I sang lead (melody). As soon as I opened my mouth, I knew something was different. It is SO hard to describe. Normally when I sing, because of my training, I am conscious of every breath I take, of every vowel and consonant I sing, I am focused and intentional. While to the outside world it may have appeared that I was singing like I normally do, inside I realized I wasn't doing any of that. In fact, I began to feel that I couldn't stop singing if I wanted to. The Holy Spirit overcame me. He took over and sang through me this morning. My friend Amy, who was singing next to me, felt it too.
There are times in my 35 years of being a Christ follower I have had my doubts. I am so grateful that God continues to show Himself to me over and over again. I hope and pray that my church family recognized His hand this morning. If they appreciated that song and "my voice," I hope they realize that they were appreciating the sound of the Holy Spirit singing through me - it wasn't me!
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