As always, we pause early in our worship
service to acknowledge our sins to God. It is far more important to do this, to
interrupt ourselves in praising God for a moment, than to gain some kind of
emotional momentum with a continued series of songs.
This is probably a
significant difference in our worship experience compared to other churches. We
aren’t stoics who deny emotion. But we don’t want to be carried away by our
feelings, either. Some believers chase that feeling, that ecstasy. We are glad
when God gives us happiness and emotional joy. But we seek its source more than
the feeling or the musical vehicle that produces the feeling.
The source of joy
is confessing our sin. Blessed is the one whose sin is forgiven. Our bones grow
old when we keep silent, when we don’t confess, when we hang on to sin. It is a
blessed relief to confess sin honestly to God, and to be forgiven. Come receive
that blessing now.
6/2/13
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