Duty

Last weekend I was able to go to Shift Fall Camp and hang out with middle schoolers and I must be honest...

I kind of freaking loved it!

It was really cool just to get to know Travis and spend time with Sam and love on those guys simply because I love them. 

If that makes sense...

But there was one keyboard lead song that I was doing with Kelsey that I had never heard until three days before I had to play it. It's called Captivated, but I nicknamed it Hellsong. 

Basically I was trying to sit down and learn this piece and something wasn't connecting between my brain and my fingers or something because I could NOT sit down and play through the whole properly. But I had to be able to play it.

I'm the keyboard guy, right? It's just what I do.

What I'm saying is that I ended up losing sight of the song as something to worship God with as and replaced it with my duty to perform this song. 

That's a scary place to be.

Once I made that connection it ended up pulling together and it's actually a pretty fun piece. I was talking to Donna Hach about it and she had an interesting thought...

What if I wasn't able to learn the song because I wasn't worshiping him with it?

Could be true.

I think God expects us to put forth effort in to what we do, and hands us responsibilities. 

I also think God expects us to do it for him-something eternal. (John 6:27)

-Jonathan

(Thanks for the pic Andy)