I've been leading worship for over 10 years and I can honestly say that the most meaningful worship service I have ever been a part of was at my own church this past Sunday.
A little background. Harvest Bible Chapel uses a number system to plan its services. In short, it goes like this. 1's are gathering songs, 3's are testimony songs and 5's are completely vertical songs only about God. 2's and 4's are songs that are somewhere in between. This past Sunday, knowing that the title of the sermon was "God on the throne: A picture of holiness", 
I decided to only do "5" songs. I figured since the the message was all about God then why should the worship set be any different. By the time we were a few songs in, it was evident that something special was taking place right in front of my eyes. The room was responding to the God they were singing about in a way that was heartfelt and passionate.
We sang "Glory To God Forever" and then showed a video of what the world has to say about who God is. Immediately following this video we sang "How Great Is Our God" as our way of answering the world. There's something so powerful about singing great biblical TRUTH about God. Then Ken got up and started to give the morning message.
As Ken spoke about who God is and read from Isaiah and described the throne room, it was clear that the Holy Spirit was moving in people. As we learned about the glory of God and learned about the seraphim singing "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty...", it was as if we were there. Reading in the scripture, a passage we had read a hundred times, it was obvious that God wanted to reveal something fresh to us. Can I just admit that I needed something fresh on Sunday. I have been so discouraged lately with the "seeming" lack of passion in our west Michigan area and in our church. I whispered to my wife half way through the message that Ken was knocking it out of the park. You could tell that God had gotten a hold of Ken's heart with this message and now God was using Ken to get a hold of ours. As the message ended, the Spirit was moving so powerfully and I could tell that our congregation wanted to join with the song of Heaven and shout out, "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty". And now was their moment.
After a short chorus of Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, we started the song...."REVELATION SONG"....and here's one of the coolest parts...
We were not more than a few words into the 1st verse when I saw my pastor leave the row he was standing in and walk forward to the steps and kneel before the Lord. His posture before the Lord was a model for all of us. Many more gathered with him, bowing and kneeling before God Almighty. Tears were flowing and voices and hands were being raised to God not in an act of emotion but in a heartfelt, true emotional response to the biblical truth that God the Father, the Christ who is seated on the throne is the only One who is worthy and deserving of all glory.
Words cannot describe what happened on Sunday. This blog cannot do justice to the glimpse of God that was had by all this weekend in church. All I can write is that I have never seen a room so filled with the Holy Spirit more than I did this past weekend. As a worship leader I know that you cannot package a service or plan an order of worship and have happen what happened on Sunday. It's a GOD-SIZED moment and a supernatural event when God shows up the way He did. All I can do and all you can do is humbly pray that God would show us His glory again and again like that. I'm different after Sunday and those who were there....well, I hope they would agree. The more we see Him, the more like Him we will be. Here is my prayer:
God change me, then change us. God get a hold of my heart, then get ahold of your church's. God humble me, then humble your church. God, do with me and do with your church what you will so that we're ready to see You. God, I long for more God-Sized events, moments, encounters and sightings. I know You long to do those things, but I also know that the hearts of Your people need to be ready and willing. God make us ready and willing. God, break us down if You will...if that's what it takes to make us what You want us to be. - Amen
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