Praise Team

     I was doing a search for a praise song and ran into this video.
     My heart goes out to this Praise Leader, but unfortunately this can be witnessed almost anywhere that Christians join to worship.
     This lady is Christy Nockles, a gifted singer and a Praise Leader, she is singing and worshiping God, and leading others in worship, but the people just seem to be watching her. Why?
     Why do people not engage in worship? Is it the Praise Leader's fault? No! I'm not saying that all people don't engage, but you can see in this video that even as she is singing that "we lift our hands"...less that 5 percent of the people lift their hands? Why?
     I am a Praiser, so I really can't understand what must be going through the minds of these people! Do they not want to worship God? Then why are they there? Are they physically unable to move, to sing or to raise their hands? No, at the end they did clap, so they are able to move!... Do they think that the Leader doing all of the singing and praising is what God wants? I believe if this is their beliefs, they are sadly delusional!
     God's word says over and over to praise Him, to shout, to sing, to dance....it never once says watch someone else praise! Stand perfectly still and quiet and praise Him in your mind!
     We are doing God an injustice by not entering into the praise when we have it available, we're also doing ourselves an injustice if we don't lift our voices, our hands, our thoughts, our hearts and our spirits to Him.
     I had written this a few weeks ago and in rereading it I am wondering that maybe the people are not responding because they've not been taught how to praise?
     Maybe the praise leader does need to prepare people for praising by teaching. Share scripture about how to praise, what does God say about it? Maybe there is a time for teaching and then a time for putting into action. 
     This is developing into another subject for another day! For today, we the people need to start being a part of the praise team! We need to raise our hands, raise our voices, our hearts, our spirits and faces to God! Lift your voice and hands the next time you have an opportunity to praise your Heavenly Father!     

Waiting Here For You with Christy Nockels~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeOIshoRtsI