Where Has It Gone?

Over the past half year or so, I have had the privilege of singing and playing guitar on the worship team for our church's kids program on Wednesday nights. About once a month, I show up and have fun. Last night was one such night. Something hit me as we were playing and singing. The kids were having fun. Not only having fun, but having fun worshipping God. If you walk into most any church on a Sunday morning, you will see a bunch of adults standing there motionless except for their mouths which will move just a tiny bit with the words of the songs being played. You may even see a hand raising or somebody clapping or swaying. Where did we lose the reckless abandon in worshipping God?

These kids last night were jumping up and down, spinning in circles, doing motions while singing at the top of their lungs to God. Where in our time of growing up do we learn that this is not the way to sing to God? We learn so much as we get older yet we also can lose some of the precious things that as kids we just do without caring. Next time you are worshipping God, think about how awesome He is. Don't worry about what everyone around you is doing, just do a bit of what the little kid inside of you wants to do. Then maybe bit by bit, we will realize that worshipping our AWESOME creator can and should be fun.