It happens. In fact, it happens more often than you think. I've had my fair share of mistakes. On my part, I want to be practicing and getting better to be as little of a distraction as possible, to get out of the way and point others to Christ. Worship should always be a response to the immensity of who God is, the mind-blowing truth that God's grace and mercy have covered all of our sins in Christ, and the beauty of our Lord and Savior. The gospel should propel us to worship. It should drive out any sense of pride and put us in our place. Worship should never be about men.
Too often, when we see/hear a mistake, we focus too much on that, whether it's a cracked voice, a missed note, a wrong key, a wrong word, a funky strum/beat...whatever it may be. I probably do this more than most, so this is really for me first. I want to encourage each of us with this reminder: when we gather corporately, we are here to worship God. We (most definitely including myself) ought to be so enthralled with who God is, so amazed that we know the perfectly holy God who created all that is in the universe, so in love with the one who first loved us and gave his only Son to die for our sins, so filled with gratitude that we just want to worship God with our lives because our lives doubly belong to him. Oh, and just as a reminder: worship is a life devoted to Christ, not just singing a song or coming to church on Sundays. To God be the glory!
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