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(This post was written prior to 2016, in a blog entitled “Jubal’s Jottings.”)
I recently participated in a couple of worship-related conferences. They are always stimulating to attend. The attendees are people who are generally taking time and making significant monetary sacrifices to attend these events. As a result, they are pretty motivated to experience and learn. At one of these conferences I attended, there were some pretty high profile plenary speakers. Most were quite good…engaging and insightful. I did pick up on a statement here and there that found me saying to myself, “Wait a minute. I don’t think so!” The one statement that is still ringing in my mental hard drive is this one…”Worship is the place where you put your heart above your head.” Really? I don’t think so! The implication is that to worship is to place your thinking – your head – in subjection to your emotions – your heart. That may be the case at times, but aren’t there also times when your thoughts about the truth of God and His attributes should override your emotions in worship? Shouldn’t there be a sort of ebb and flow in the worship experience between the things we know to be true about God and the way we feel about God? Not one over the other? My concern is, obviously, that people were taking notes during that talk, and taking that home to their worship ministries…encouraging heart over head. Dangerous! Heart over head? I don’t think so!
Jubal, you are so fortunate to just make your instruments!