He strums the first chord. His eyes are closed. If it s me in the position of worship leader on that particular occasion, I m probably thinking about any of the following. I better make sure I do some cool things on guitar. These are some of the things that go through my head as I endeavour to bring people into the presence of God and point them to the Son.
Pride is a big topic.
It has many forms and comes through in countless ways. I struggle with it when I lead, I struggle with it when I just play for another leader, and I struggle with it when I m not involved at all but am listenting to another lead. For about as long as I ve been a Christian, I ve wanted to walk free of pride. Up to this point, I haven t found a way to do that. In my late teen years, I felt like it was something I could master.