Why We Do What We Do

Read 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

I know that I am a pretty spontaneous person most of the times, but there are times when I value structure and order. One of these times is during Sunday Service. Just imagine what Sunday Service would be like if we just all came together without a plan to just worship God. Well, the heart is definitely there, but the lack of organization shows even more. Just think about the many different aspects of service that we take for granted or just look over.

The Praise Team:
This is definitely not something we look over. It is actually the most visible in my opinion. Look at the cool kids on the stage jamming out and singing praise songs to God! No. Honestly and hopefully, the praise team is not seeking attention for themselves. Instead, they should be doing a good job in leading everybody, including themselves, to worship the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. If anything be too musically awesome, they are effectively distracting the congregation from their purpose. If anything be too musically messy, they are effectively distracting the congregation from their purpose. But what most of us don’t see, whether or not it was musically awesome or messy, is the time they put in to preparing. Preparing includes the choice of songs, to the choice of instruments, to the actual rehearsing. They are worrying about it so we don’t have to worry about it! All we have to focus on is praising and worshiping God

The Congregational Prayer:
We forget that prayer is an essential part to our spiritual walks. Usually, at WCAC, people think that the congregation prayer is boring and lame. We zone out and tend to fall asleeeeeep… Oh sorry! Let me ask you this. Have you actually paid attention to what they’re saying? What they’re lifting up to God? Though there may be some things that are actually the same like health, jobs, our walks with God, every congregational prayer is different. If we prayed for the same exact thing every week… then everybody would be falling asleep. The world is an ever changing place. Like when disaster struck in Haiti, I remember the first Sunday after that, we lifted them up in our prayers. It is absolutely important that we come together as a congregation to pray because then together as a unified body, we are all before God with the same purpose. As one, we confess, we praise, we thank, and we intercede.

The Power Point, the Ushers, and the Sound Room:
These are the more unnoticed parts of worship. We forget that they are key to the flow of Sunday Service. No Power Point? Well, I guess the Praise team is singing alone. No Ushers? Well, I guess we don’t have friendly people in our church. No Sound room? Well, I guess we’re all going to have to pay close attention… or fall asleep because you can’t hear anything. See how important these people are when they serve God with a humble heart.

The Speaker:
Well, No matter how boring or how exciting the speaker is, they are there to help us understand and apply God’s Word. A church that does not produce fruit is a dead church. A church that does not follow God’s commands is a lost herd of sheep. Our speaker helps us grow in God’s Word and challenges us to live it out in our daily lives. Without them, I don’t know… We screwed.

See these aspects? All of them are equally important. People in our congregation use the gifts that God gives them. But they aren’t trying to outdo each other. Wouldn’t that be a sight? The praise team trying to worship God through song, while the speaker screaming at the top of his lungs to get us to understand God’s Word… All of this is happening while everybody is praying together. That sounds crazy! Good thing that doesn’t happen. God calls us to be orderly when we come together in worship, because it is important that we lift God up and we encourage each other in a peaceful fashion. Reflect upon how blessed we are to be able to worship God together in peace.

“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.”