Tiny Little Things

Worship leaders, church musicians, singers, or any of you who serve in the worship services, have you ever felt empty in doing your ministry? Like, singing or playing music in church doesn’t feel that different from doing the same secularly (except that they use a different list of songs). Probably because you see worship as a one-sided expression and not as a response in our fellowship with God.

What should I respond to? You may ask. Exactly. That’s the question we all must ask ourselves. What to respond, honestly? Does it sound cliché to respond with something about God’s goodness and all? Should I respond to my pastors or congregation? Is it about the environment?

When someone greets me, “Hi Mila!” Of course I’d respond, “Oh, hello!” Or if I were given something, I’d say, “Thank you!” Or if I see an amazing view or a grand building, I couldn’t help but say, “Wow!” These are all our normal responses to something we receive. Knowing to what or whom we should respond determines where we should give our response. Does it make sense?

Humans are created to worship, and we always worship someone or something we perceive to fulfill and complete us, or have a power over us. It may be a god, or something else we put as a god. In Colossians 2:9-10, it says, “For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in Him, who is the head of all rule and authority.” We, who have received Jesus Christ as Lord, have been filled in Him. For this reason, we could do what Colossians 3:23 says, “Whatever you do, work heartily as for God and not for men.”

“Work as for God” is not a figurative sentence. If we look at the previous verses, wives were commanded to submit to their husbands, husbands to love their wives, children to obey their parents, fathers to not hurt their children’s hearts, bondservants to obey their masters, all these are not commanded for the sake of anyone but to the Lord. Because none of those persons could complete and fill in the others. Jesus is the One who could fill them, making them whole, and so they shall respond to it by doing everything for Him.

Let’s take a short break to redefine our worship. We do worship, but to whom do we give that worship? To whom do we offer our response?

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