ReBuild: 10 Ways Worship And Leadership Can Restore Broken LivesExemplo

There’s a type of worship that many people recognize as powerful in ways that “typical” worship is not. There’s a weight, a substance to the praise that pours from the lyrics of a song, or the voice of a worship leader; something beyond the surface of a sound. What gives worship that power?

The Psalmist says mourning. God takes us out of our bereavement and gives us beauty for ashes and a garment of praise. He redresses us in His beauty and uses our testimony as a display of His splendor. The songs that emerged in the last few years have stood as a testimony to breakthrough—in the way we understand our defender, in the way we encounter God’s reckless love, in our perception of the King’s determination to never let us down. That breakthrough doesn’t come without a struggle, without breakdown.

Where have you experienced mourning? Maybe it’s been the loss of love, or a loved one; the loss of a dream or a chance to see the dream come true. Have you asked God to give you His perspective, His joy, His garment of praise for your sadness? Your breakthrough becomes a display of God’s splendor and acts as a breeding ground for worship that creates breakthrough for others.