Joaquin Solorzano

Referring to Chapters 6 & 7 (mostly 7), I understand and agree in the section Faithful To Lead when he says “If we sow to God’s glory in Christ, we’ll reap the fruit of people in awe of God’s greatness and goodness. But to do that we must faithfully paint a compelling, attractive, biblical picture of the Savior”.

Bottom line as worship leaders, it’s brining the Gospel, the good news of our Savior. I don’t believe there is an agenda we can follow. At times it seems the author is telling us the do’s and don’ts of leading worship, but all of us have a story as does the congregation. Some of us became Christ followers because we realize the lifestyle we were living was ungodly and maybe even dangerous, and at some point God revealed His Grace and Love to us which caused us to seek Him and our salvation. Some of us may have been brought up in a very Christian home and have always known Christ. I love this book because it makes me think and question my approach as a musician on a worship team, but also realizing you’re not always going to please or reach everyone. Sometimes over thinking takes away from the anointing. We really do only have to please the audience of One.

As musicians/songwriters I believe we are sensitive people and I trust that what the Lord puts in our hearts through music does please Him, and hopefully it allows us to reach someone and be a light, an instrument of God. But we also need to know our congregation and be sensitive to that particular church. I guess we just never fully arrive.