Sometimes it’s easier to humble yourself before God on stage than it is to humble yourself before people off stage.
Humility before God is empty worship without humility towards others: this is the kind of worship God wants from us as worshippers.
Jesus’ Example of Humility - Philippians 2:5-11
(1) Jesus’ humility before God the Father led Him to make Himself nothing and humbly serve others
(2) His humility before God led Him to humble Himself and become obedient to death
(3) To give glory to God the Father meant living a life of humility before others.
Our Call to Humility and Unity- Philippians 2:1-4
(1) True worship is reflected in how you are humble with each other
(2) It’s when you consider others better than yourself
(3) when you treat each other with compassion and tenderness
(4) when you deny your own selfish ambitions for the sake of others
(5) taking up for each other when someone’s been unjustly wronged
Facing Challenges with Humility
Hardest challenge you will probably face next year will not be learning new songs, figuring out chords, finding time to practice/plan, or even getting over stage-fright…hardest challenge: learning how to humbly work with and love each other well.
Understanding the Importance of Long-suffering
(1) The fact is, we will hurt each other and sin against each other
(2) Bearing with each other is an act of worship
(3) Being committed to each other no matter what says more than the perfect sounding music set
- God is not pleased when we choose to put a great worship set together at the expense of being humbly patient with each other!
God will reject our worship; Listen to Isaiah 58:3-4
‘Why have we worshipped’ they say ‘and you have not seen it?’ ‘Why have we humbled ourselves and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your worship, you do as you please and exploit all your workers. Your worship ends in quarreling and strife, and in striking each other with wicked fists.”
What else is true worship?
(1)Humbly confronting someone about their sin because you love them
(2) Standing up for truth if gossip is making it’s way in
(3) Honestly confessing your sin to each other when necessary
(4) True worship is pursing unity which requires humbly serving others
The kind of humility and worship God is looking for is a life filled with active humility towards others.
The only way we can live this life is through Christ’s strength in us working through us.
FOR SEPTEMBER: We’ll post some detailed information about delving into Multiethnic or Kingdom worship as well as provide some discussion space to hash out our successes and failures from the first few weeks of school.
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