Summer Worship Experience

One of the most memorable and powerful worship experiences I have had in quite sometime happened in this small room with about forty-five students from Savannah, Georgia.  A friend of mine, who is a youth pastor, invited me to come and lead worship for his summer camp in Panama City Beach, Florida.  On the fourth and final night of the camp we sang through Misty Edwards’, “You Won’t Relent”.  My friend came up toward the end of the song to say a few words and close with a prayer.  As he prayed the students began to sing out the verse of the song:

“I set you as a seal upon my heart, as a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death,
Jealousy demanding as the grave and many waters
Cannot quench this love”

At first it was just a few young girls singing, then it swelled into the entire group singing out with absolutely no leadership from the platform.  It was beautiful. The band continued to play as the students literally worshiped together in complete unity. My prayer as a worship leader is always that I will not add to or take away from what God is doing in a group of people. I simply want to enter into the work He has already started and participate in it.