Lazer X is the local lazer tag spot and when my group heard that they were doing a worship nite we had to see what it was all about. So we arrived and entered into the "arena". it looked the same (except more crowded and no one was trying to shoot me). excepth that on the highest level in the center tower was a worship band. they welcomed everyone in and started the nite off with some jump up and down high energy music.
Bathing in the glow of blacklights and strobes it fealt more like a rave than a worship meeting but it soon took a turn. A man in a camoflage jacket wearing a beanie with a huge beard came up to speak. turns out he is a UFC fighter. the security that nite were his friends from the mixed martial arts gym where he trains. so this man who looked more like osama bin laden than a preacher delevered a beautiful talk about seeking God and using your gifts.
We dispersed to listen to some quieter songs and speak to God and then came back to gether to finish the nite off with a kick. It was very different and very exciting. and it made me want to use my gift of music more than i could explaine.
I miss my old worship band at Charter Oak Church dearly. When i moved to the Pittsburg area they welcomed me in and gave me a home at which to use the gifts that God has given me. Its time that i start looking for a new place where i can give back what was given to me.
The Parable of the Talents
Mathew 25: 14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 16The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 17So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. 18But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 20The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.'
21"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
22"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
23"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
24"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 25So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
26"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 27Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
It's time i started using my talents instead of keeping them in a hole... wouldn't you say? even though im not that good. God gave me the gift... now i have to give it back to Him. My prayer is that we can all examine our hearts and start to see where God can use our gifts. Or that we will start to see the gifts God has given us. So that we can fill our place in the body of Christ. A body full of hands on lovers.
6 comments:
Someone who loves May so much and would do anything for her, but Im only human and I make pathetic mistakes. I don't deserve her. I suck. I truly love her. but I want her to see who I really am. But i suck and so I guess its hard to see who I am because I'm nothing.
i wish so too. i definitely hope you find a place to share your gifts out there, everyone out here shall pray for such :D
Props for this post!
I'm reminded of what Paul says about talents and the Body of Christ...
"Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it." --1st Corinthians 12:14-26
I think people tend to focus on what gifts they don't have and get discouraged, when in all reality God gives people their gifts specially to work together and to all point back to him. Once we embrace that, it's really awesome.
not that good! hah. you're funny. we miss you too dear. lots. are you coming back for the retreat? yes? good. ah! bapi, grease tryouts are next week and i'm so much more nervous than i'd ever admit to the general public. nvcaiso;feai;onfeaio;ajfdka. that's the sound of me being nervous. go ahead, try to sound it out. anywho. just thought i'd share that. i hope you find somewhere to share your totally mediocre guitar playing for Jesus.
<3
meow?
I know what you mean...I dont want to be a rock star I want to worship. I have been thinking about minoring in worship art when I go off to college next year...it looks like I will be going to school in the Philadelphia area if you around there we should start another band...
Post a Comment