Honoring the Point

I recently listened to a podcast from Bethel Church out in California. It was a message by Bill Johnson entitled, "What I learned from my hunting dog." Instantly I was interested because as most of you know, I have an 8 month old German Shorthaired Pointer named Koda. She is a crazy dog, full of energy and I don't know if I've ever seen her sitting still. My hope for her is that one day, she will be a hunting dog. Trained to run through fields and point birds.

Bill also has a pointer, and he explains to us the term, honoring the point. Basically this term is when you are hunting and one of the pointing dog goes on point, all other dogs point the one dog that pointed first, honoring the point. In other words, if one dog goes on point, all other dogs point the first dog. (I hope that makes sense!!)

Bill then connected that to worship, and this is where it really hit me. Instead of telling you what Bill said, let me put it into my own words.

There are times in worship were I don't feel "into it" or fully engaged. There are things going on in my head and my heart that shouldn't be in turn distracting me from my worship. But when I am worshiping with other people it is hard to just stand there. I will be looking around and see someone worshiping their heart out. Hands raised or down on their knees, or weeping. Instantly I am overcome by the Holy Spirit and brought into worship. Its crazy... I am suddenly worshiping  because I know that the Holy Spirit is working in this persons life. I am in a sense "honoring the point" or honoring someones worship.

The other day I was at Cornerstone worshiping at a night service they call "Evensong". My heart was troubled by a few different things going on in my life and it was really hard for me to enter into worship. As I was standing there praying I noticed a guy in from on me on his knees. Then around him, came people who laid hands on him and started praying for him. Instantly I felt the Holy Spirit working in my heart. I looked up and people were raising arms and crying out for God and after reading the words they were singing, my heart began to break and instantly I was brought into worship. My own heart crying out for God because I knew that He was working in that gym that night. Thank you God for working in lives, for breaking hearts, and building them back up! 

This has happened to me multiple times and it never ceases to amaze me. I love just sitting and watching people worship. It is a beautiful thing, but as soon as I see the Holy Spirit working in someones life through worship, I am instantly overcome by worship and am lead to worship myself.

Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever experienced this? I would love to hear your stories. Have you ever thought that your worship could bring someone else into worship themselves? It's a crazy thought... and very interesting to think about.

God Bless
Branden