Praise Vacation
In the middle of your day. When you’re too busy to stop. When the pressure of the moment is all you can feel. When your dryness defines you. When you lack in zeal in serving the Lord. When temptation is way too close. When you can’t see the joy set before you. When no one can see or hear you. When no one judges how cool or lame your song choice is. When you’re feeling the daily grind you to a halt. #seewhatididthere?
“Any good time at all,” to date myself and quote an old Imperials lyric.
It seems that every summer, our bands (appropriately) take their vacation, leaving us scrambling. But have you taken a praise vacation? Today?
I learned this phrase from veteran worship leader Kent Henry: “Praise Vacation.” It might be a minute. It might be an hour. But slip into another dimension, another reality, a happy place, an oasis, a holy meeting place with the Lord! Turn your heart to Him in the middle of your afternoon, and bless Him, set your focus on Him, unleash your song to Him.
Maybe you can take out your instrument and sing and play to the Lord. Right now. Or lean back and begin to think about His goodness, His faithfulness, His love, His provision…
This practice, this habit is what will keep your heart in the race. The newspaper clipping above is from July 1987. And this brother is still going strong! Are you in? Right now. Come on, it'll be refreshing! :-D
-Dave Helmuth
(purchase my book, "Worship Fertilizer: (the first hundred)" HERE)
Priase Vacation (Nº 50)
