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"Prepared" is "not Spirit-led"
#1 · January 9, 2014, 9:20 am
Posted by: rxdca <rxdca@...>
I'm a guitar player and have played P&W in church for nearly 20 years
now. I've seen this thinking particularly in P&W, but from the pulpit
too - that "preparation inhibits the Spirit." Even to the point of
refusing to prepare a music list ahead of time so that people could
learn the songs. "We'll play what the Spirit leads me to play." Not
everyone has the same ear, and I've often heard people play the chords
that the Spirit led them to play, with cacophonous, disharmonious
results. I've always heard many extemporaneous, off the cuff sermons,
resulting in a similar cacophony. My experience, particularly in music
but from the pulpit too, is that lack of preparation leads to
sloppiness. Where does the idea that "unprepared" equates to
"Spirit-led" come from? Why cannot a carefully, prayerfully prepared
sermon/worship set be Spirit-led? Is there any scriptural support for
this thinking?
now. I've seen this thinking particularly in P&W, but from the pulpit
too - that "preparation inhibits the Spirit." Even to the point of
refusing to prepare a music list ahead of time so that people could
learn the songs. "We'll play what the Spirit leads me to play." Not
everyone has the same ear, and I've often heard people play the chords
that the Spirit led them to play, with cacophonous, disharmonious
results. I've always heard many extemporaneous, off the cuff sermons,
resulting in a similar cacophony. My experience, particularly in music
but from the pulpit too, is that lack of preparation leads to
sloppiness. Where does the idea that "unprepared" equates to
"Spirit-led" come from? Why cannot a carefully, prayerfully prepared
sermon/worship set be Spirit-led? Is there any scriptural support for
this thinking?
--
Douglas
rxdca@usa.net
Phil 4:13