my view on worship leading
Saturday, August 7, 2010
SAJC, being a mission school, has chapel every other thursdays where we sing and listen to a short message to encourage all students. but last thursday, as i was singing along, i was reading the lyrics very carefully. no idea why too.
and i realised something was wrong. being in choir for 4years, i learnt to sing softly whenever we come to the word 'I', signifying that we are humble and small before God. but i figured out that these contemporary songs have too many 'I's. if we are to be humble servants before God, why is it that such songs revolve around us so much? i'm not saying it is wrong for the composers of such lyrics were touched in some way or another when writing these. these lyrics can be very meaningful in asking God to come and stay in our lives and that we can always rely on Him. not to mention the are very focused on how the Holy Spirit is working on them, which is what charismatic churches are focused on many a times.
but they seldom mention about how holy and sacred and magnificent God is, how that we should still be fearful in front of God. hymns included all these.
indeed, Christianity is about our relationship with God but i think no matter how close are to God, there should still be this boundary where we should be humble and fearful.
we can still lead these songs because after all, they are not saying anything bad. however, i feel that we should lead hymns too, and not only when we collect offerings. sure, they may not sound good and are old fashioned and we do not find them appealing but who ARE we worshiping? you? me? or God?
圣安德烈初级学院是所基督教学校，所以每两个星期都会有崇拜。前两天，我突然很留意这些歌的歌词，我也不知为何。
我发现有点不对劲。在诗班里的四年，每当唱到‘我’的时候都必须小声一点，以代表我们在神面前是谦卑微小的。可是我觉得所谓的流行诗歌，有太多的‘我’了。如果我们在神面前要谦卑，为什么这些诗歌如此自我为中心呢？我不是说这些诗歌都是错的，因为作词人一定是受都什么感动所以才写的。这些歌词都是很有意思的，如叫我们邀请神进入我们的生活， 或告诉我们如何要依赖神。但同时也很注重圣灵在我们身上的工作，也就是灵恩派教会所注重的。
它们甚少的提到神的荣耀和圣洁，甚少说到我们在神面前如何谦卑和敬畏。圣诗却能做到这一点。
基督教的确是很注重我们和神的关系。但我觉得再要好的关系，神始终是神，我们还是得谦卑和敬畏他。
我不是说我们不可以领这些诗歌，他们始终不是在宣扬什么坏的主意。但我认为在圣诗和流行诗歌之间一定要取得一个平衡，而不是在收奉献的时候才唱。圣诗虽然难唱又老土所以我们觉得不唱为妙，但我们到底是在敬拜谁呢？你，我，还是神？
chris
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