Spontaneous worship. Would you? Could you, without the prompting of the praise leaders on Sunday morning– just worship? Could you really lose sight on yourself, your situation and the things around you and simply worship? I’m not referring to the automated hand claps and victory laps that we have been programmed to think are “real worship.” Not just physical worship because the praise team just sang our song–it has to be more. Our hearts and minds have to no longer be so cognizant of who we think we are. We must make a decision to worship God for who He is!
Today, I ran across an interesting video that I believe captured worship. An up and coming musician, Carlos Whittaker, was attempting to record a promotional video for his upcoming release when a homeless man, Danny, walks up to him as he prepares to sing. Danny appears to kneel in reverence as he worships through song. It is difficult to ignore the sincerity in both of their voices. The result is amazing.
Carlos shares some more on his blog that is hard to pick up from the video:
If you listen carefully at the end you hear me saying this to Danny. “Keep trying to make it man.”
He looked me square in the eye… cocked his head sideways with a confused look on his face… and said, “Trying to make it? No man. I ain’t trying to make it… I’m making it. Jah puts his soldiers everywhere. Jah says, Yea though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death… So he places some of us, in that valley.”
What is so amazing is that this obviously homeless man understands that he might just be there for a reason. I know that would be a hard pill to swallow for most of us. Yet, with humility he seems to have accepted the call and continues to simply worship. Could you?
