Worship & Rest

Saturday night, I was blessed with the opportunity to do a night of worship with some of my great friends at my home church, Christ the King, in Kingwood. This was a time where I got to play an awesome set of worship music with the help of 7 of my great friends. I had been looking forward to this night for over a month because the Youth Minister (my good friend Aaron Tomhave) at Christ the King and I had been discussing how everything was going to work since the beginning of October. The musicianship and passion that we all put into the prep work, rehearsal, and actual time of worship and leading the youth in worship was amazing and honestly only possible with God. It was such a blast!
Halfway through the set we stopped, and Aaron gave a direction to us all.

To stop.

For us to just be. To stop doing stuff and to listen to God. To hear what He has been saying to us, but we have just been to busy to hear Him. This was an awesome time for me. God told me I need more of this.

We then finished out with two more songs. One of which is a song called "With Everything" by Hillsong United. The refrain goes like this:
"With everything, with everything, we will shout for Your glory. With everything, with everything, we will shout forth Your praise."
The time of rest before this song allowed me to focus on Christ and get back into true worship just as I had been earlier.

The entire night was full of the Lord, and it taught/reminded me of two things:
1- That true worship with God is amazing and that it is something that is more than just singing and playing songs, but is a lifestyle.
2- I need to rest in God, and listen to Him.

Peace.
-Matt