Worship and Mission

It was in November that I attended the last Worship Academy Weekend. Yet again it was a spirit-filled yet challenging time. The main theme was worship & mission and how the two are inseperable. Basically, if your worship is of any value, it's got to go beyond the walls of the church, to reach out into a world of desperate need. Worship & mission, although they often exist in tension, need to both be present. Since that weekend, God has shown me opportunities to pray for others. What I mean by this is random people on the streets or at work, but each time I did not go through with it . . .

I'm greatful that God is revealing opportunities for me to tell others about him in my everyday life, and I pray he continues to do so. But I wanted you to know that I find it hard! Often you may read a blog or a book or article by someone involved in ministry and you read of all their fabulous exploits for God, healings, miracles, people being saved! That's wonderful, but often I feel we begin to view these people as super-human. So I'm wanting to be open and transparent with you and tell you that, I GET SCARED!

There is a fear that comes over me when the opportunity to pray for someone on the street or at work presents itself. I want to honour God and obey his promptings, and I hope that mostly I do, but there are times when potential conflict or rejection is possible when I do feel afraid and that fear prevents me from going through with it. I am praying that God helps me to overcome this fear and that one day soon I will have the courage to pray for those random people on the streets when God prompts me to. But I also want to encourage those who feel inadequate and 'not up to the job' of walking with God - Keep going! Don't give up! Walk the journey step by step and God will lead you to where he wants you to be.