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Saturday, October 28, 2006

More exciting times...

It's getting more and more exciting. I can hear papa God saying, "It's time now! Now!" I'm seeing so much of God's call for KY and YC, and the call to this joshua generation on me. I need to be a watchman for this generation and to make sure that God's words is released to this generation.

I'm understanding the whole worship journey that God have allowed me to walk and understand the whole reason behind it.

From the beginning where playing in worship was a showcase of my gift, a venue where i can make myself feel good and look good, now it has become a place where i know i'm serving God, an understanding of what worship is, knowing that everytime i get to stand up on stage to play, it is by the grace of God. It was such a long journey. God have to take 7 years to teach me that but i'm thankful for it because it is such a precious journey. I would not want to trade anything for it. thank You papa God for the time You took to teach me such an important lesson.

There is so much stuff that needs to be done to fulfill my destiny but i know that papa God will give me the strength and anointing to fulfill it. It's not going to be by my own strength or might but everything will come by the strength and guidance of papa God. I am waiting. Still waiting.

Have you ever wonder if God will give anointing to allow you to play an instrument just instantly? I believe He does but also in it comes the responsibility to practice it. Some of us might receive the anointing and some of us might not. (some of us might not even ever play an instrument despite how much we try!) For those who receive the anointing, thank God for it. It's for a purpose that God release that anointing. Pray and ask God to continue to grow you in that instrument and give you even more anointing to play and minister with it. Many of us usually slacken after we get to a certain proficiency level and is contented with it. Now to address those that doesn't receive the anointing to play instantly. What can we do? I present to you the five steps.

Step 1 - ask God for the anointing!
Because in His word, it says "ask and you will receive" so when we ask, we receive. Now this is the difficult part. If we ask and we receive, then what makes us different from those who receive the anointing to play instantly? My explaination is that everyone have a different anointing and God chooses to work in different ways. In some of us, it requires the second step. Here it is.

Step 2 - Practice, Practice and Practice.
This is the only physical way to improve in your instrument apart from asking God for anointing. In the bible times, the tribe of Levi was chosen to be the levites for the temple of God and to minister to the Lord. The levites of the tribe of Levi did not serve in the temple till they were 30 years old. That means, they were trained from young till the time they were 30 before they actually serve in the tabernacle of God. So it is biblical to be trained and to spend time to master your instruments to a level where it is giving God the best that we have. Thank God that we are not living in the old bible times because if that's the case, then lots of us will not be serving! (including me!) Asking God for anointing, in my experience, will speed up the process of you mastering the instrument. It has been proven in my life. I asked God for anointing and within a year, i was able to play in worship proficiently.

Step 3 - Ask people for help.
Many times, we need some help to move on to the next level of playing our instruments. Many times, we try to figure something which we don't understand without knowing that asking for help from someone that is more experience in playing that instrument will speed up the process. Here, we are actually dealing with pride issues. Asking for help doesn't means we are being incompetent. Asking for help means that we are willing to learn more and is teachable. Don't ever stop learning and most importantly, don't ever stop asking for help. There will always be someone better than you in this world.

Step 4 - Be accountable to someone.
Be accountable to someone for the progress of your skills. That person can be anyone but most preferably someone who is in the worship ministry and best if it's someone who is proficient in your instrument, godly and believe in your call. This will allow him or her to gauge where you are in terms of skills and your progress. He or she also serve as a spiritual mentor where spiritual inputs are being given too! Being in the worship ministry need both spiritual and physical (skills) excellency.

Step 5 - Stay close to your call.
This is the most important step. We can lose sight of our call and the reason why we are practicing our instrument. It's sticking close to your call will allow you to go through some of the toughest time when practicing your instrument. The fact is if it's easy to pick up an instrument then everyone one will be doing it but face the fact, it's not easy. So stay close to your call and more importantly, God.

That's the 5 steps that i have learnt over the years and i hope it will benefits you in a way or another. This can be applied to anything that you are doing. Working, studying, anything!

I hope that everyone that reads this will begin to think about their call and if there is anything that the Lord is showing you, share with me and i hope to be able to pray with you.

Quote Of The Day
"Know your call and focus on it."