It’s self centered thinking. Andy Stanley taught it very easily. Understand God’s providential will and his moral will and his will for your life will be as bright as the sun.

Our church has had a serious issue with getting people to serve. When you look around, many of the same people are serving in multiple areas because other people aren’t stepping up for whatever reason. Our church is doing something pretty radical this weekend to show people how important it is to serve and that we cannot expect the same people to do everything.

There will be no parking attendants, no greeters, no ushers, nobody at the kiosks to check kids in, no band (our worship pastor is going to come in 5-10 mins late and play 2 songs on the piano), no media, no sound, and when our Pastor finishes the service he is going to ask if anybody can help with the collection. Will this work? We’ll see.

There are moments where I find myself focused more on things like playing the right notes, adding a killer bass fill in just right the spot, or making sure I have a cool outfit clean for Sunday morning than I am entering and leading others into a true atmosphere of worship.

I doubt there’s anyone in music ministry or any other “out-in-front” position who doesn’t struggle with that on occasion. The hard part is being able to identify it, admit it, and seek forgiveness for abusing one’s talents for personal gain instead of using them solely to further the Kingdom.