Worship Is Sacred, Period.

The one where Dylan talks about the importance of having Worship be Sacred.

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So I said, everything's not a joke. I know, we live in a culture where everything is up for grabs, nothing is holy. We don't even like to talk about things being holy. Because those, that's not a word, actually, we don't talk about things being sacred anymore. Everything's a joke. Everything can be made fun of everything is content. And that's frustrating. So where's this coming from Dylan, I'm glad you asked, run on this journey with me, I'm scrolling on my cell phone, just the other night. And I come across an Instagram page that I'm not gonna say the name of, because like, you know, that's how they make their money. They eat men, as fun as whatever, whatever. I'm more speaking toward a cultural thing. And so they have a post about a woman who is having an experience with God, right. And in some traditions, you will call it catching the Holy Ghost, right? But these are worship settings that are very intimate. And they're, they're laughing about it, right? They're making a mockery of the experience this woman is having with her God. And it frustrated me, not just frustrated me, it made me It made me angry, because it felt like How dare you invade that intimate moment and then make light of it. She is in a moment where she believes that the creator of the universe has paid her visit. And the the way that she is deciding to give thanks for that is worship, she has given up her entire body giving over to her giving over her entire body to that moment. And we are making light of it. Like its a joke. Like, it isn't the very thing that could fix everything, that if his presence was present, if we took him seriously, him being God, right? Or her being God, however, you want to identify with that God being God, if we took very seriously God being present in our lives, when our lives be better, wouldn't the world be better. And so in that moment, her world was better. And we gave it likes, and laughed at it. And I understand that it's a cultural experience in that black church is a thing that, if you've never experienced it, that like it's something that can't be described. And I also understand that there are some moments in it. That can be funny, right? That there are things that you saw when you were growing up that you didn't really have the words to explain, or the things that you didn't understand. And it was funny to you, because you didn't understand what was happening, but we grown, you understand what was happening there. And so to laugh at it, to make light of it is to make light of the lover of her soul, paying her visit being present and her giving away her control. To that God. It's our God. And I know that there might be some unbelievers who are who are listening to this, but let me put it where you can feel it. Could you imagine if somebody laughed at you, because you told them that your ancestor showed up. And they were having a conversation with you. And you were so overcome, that you started to cry, and well and dance because you were excited and happy. That's what was happening and it was made light of. And that's just not okay. This is why I'm so against recording worship settings, where people are like, experiencing having that kind of experience. I'm against recording them at all. Because some things should just be sacred. Some things shouldn't have a camera, you should just be there. If you're not there, then it wasn't for you. And so you should be in a space where it's safe for you to have an intimate moment. And I'm not saying that these things are private hear me I didn't say that this was a private moment. I said that it was intimate. intimacy should be respected. And because we have made jokes of everything, because everything has become content, because we're really looking for the likes, we want to be popular. So we have made a mockery of the thing that has gotten our ancestors over. We're making a mockery of the things that we are experiencing from the God that has saved us we're making a mockery of that. What else could be what else is sacred? Is there anything that is off limits? We're part of my life now is off limits to the onlooker. If this very intimate private moment that I'm having with other believers, and our God is, is on display for you to make fun of what's sacred? What set aside? Is there anywhere that I can go and come apart and come undone because of what is going on in my life? Is there anywhere safe that I can go? Where I can be one with the other believers who are around me without maybe a camera showing up and showing people the most vulnerable position that I've been in? Because I've had enough of the life that I've been living? I've, I've had enough of the the pain and the sorrow and I'm giving it over to God, what is there a place where I can go and do that and not be filmed? Is that is the only place that I can go and do that and not be filmed my home? Do I have to do that by myself. So now I can't experience that in the fellowship of other believers. This is crazy. And I know that you haven't seen it like that. And I get it, because for a long time. This is not a me come and after you're saying about what you think is funny, and what you shouldn't think is funny, like, like, I haven't been there. I was laughing, too, at one point. But then I needed to come and done and I was worried about somebody filming it. I needed, I needed to be overly excited about this thing that God is doing in my life. And I want to just give him great, I just want to give them praise and worship for this moment. And I'm worried about it being filmed. And somebody poking fun at me. And what it might mean later or somebody using it as content to drive traffic to their website. Think about this for a minute. It's one thing to, to film, a sermon. Right, that has been prepared for the masses is one thing to film a preacher giving a sermon, doing this thing, it's one thing to do that it's another thing altogether. For the saints who have come, the people who believe the fellow believers to come and just want to be in that moment with their fellow believers. They shouldn't be filmed. They shouldn't have to worry about somebody making a joke of that later. Everything is not for live stream. And yes, I'm talking to pastors. I'm talking to me first, and I'm talking to other pastors as well. Everything is a live stream. You don't need to videotape the altar call. It's not necessary. You don't you don't need to videotape the worship experience. It's not necessary. If you want to get the word out, then film the message and send that out, dice that up, do what you need to do. But you don't need to film the worship experience. It is one thing to have a recording of the music, right? It is another thing for people who know that they're coming to a space to put to put together a worship experience for other people to be able to share in that's different than you having a worship service on a Sunday and filming everything from front to back. Like they not gonna use it against us later. Let's respect intimate moments. Let's make something sacred. And know that you aren't going to everybody and I'm going to agree on this. I get that I know everyone is not going to agree on this. I get that I really do. But for the sake of the woman that I saw in that post, for the for the people who are showing up who genuinely want an experience, let's make it sacred. Let's allow their intimate moment with a bunch of believers to be something that they can experience and take home and not worried about it being shared with the world. That's all I got to say on that. I'm out