Furthermore, to hold the title of
any sort of leader seemed even more of a ridiculous idea to me! Who am I to
confidently lead others when I feel that I have no influence or inspiration
towards other people?
You’re probably wondering where
this is all going. It all started the day after I was on the worship team for
the first time. I was yet again approached by our worship pastor Matt, who
asked me to consider attending the termly worship leader meetings with other
people at church. My initial thoughts were that of course I am not ready to
even consider leading worship in church, he was really getting ahead of
himself. He did, however, back himself up by saying that it was also aimed at
future worship leaders to have an insight into this role, and to connect with
the other worship leaders within the church. Of course, food being provided was
also a selling factor!
When I was still unsure of whether
to accept, Matt then told me that I was a true inspiration to others. I didn’t
really know what he meant, so he elaborated by telling me that when I faced my
fears by standing up at the front of church in the worship team, people were
really inspired by such an experience.
The following Sunday, I explained
to him that my flatmates have now had to hear me play the guitar, which is not
good! However, he told me that “Your guitar playing is great Lois, you did
everything right last week”. I then told him that after our CU meeting last week,
the one that was full of disaster after disaster, our UCCF staff worker told me
that my guitar playing had really improved over the last week, but of course,
it was from playing alongside Matt, whilst I was “Learning from the real
professional”. He seemed to find this amusing and told me that although this is
his job, people didn’t see him as being remarkable; he was just like every
other typical male worship leader, and people would never be surprised by this.
However, apparently when people saw me at the front of church, they were
inspired, because “To see someone like you build up the confidence to step
outside of their comfort zone and worship reassures them that maybe they could
do the same”.
Again, Ed’s message really must
have spoken to me if I was able to step out of my comfort zone during the
afternoon service at church whilst I was on the worship team. My next step is
to now carry on inspiring others by stepping out of my comfort zone, and in
time maybe even lead others, because as Matt always likes to remind me, “The
best is yet to come, Lois”.
Thank you for reading this post.
I now feel like I am fully submerged into a worship leader lifestyle somehow,
and I have really enjoyed writing these posts recently!
Emily Toole and myself, after we decided to start using Matt's signature phrase "The best is yet to come" in our daily lives!
Lois
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