To see the nations worship.
Under one Banner, one Name.
The name of Jesus Christ. The Son of God. The Way, the Truth, the Life.
Not very politically correct, is it?
But that's my dream.
For years, I have had a burning desire to use music as a tool to reach people with the hope and message of Jesus Christ. As I pursued musical training, I discovered I love leading worship. I love leading people into the presence of the Living God and seeing people encounter Him. There is something powerful and incredible about a room full of Christ-followers, declaring their love and passion for Him through song. There is something about corporate worship as the Body of Christ.
That's great Corinne, you say. But what has that got to do with the nations?
Everything!
The Body of Christ is made of people from everywhere.
A few years back I went to the beautiful country of Mexico. I fell in love with the people, with the culture, with everything about it. I fell in love with the churches there, their passion for God and the way they worship.
Since then, I've been on several short term mission trips. Each new place I visit or each place I revisit, I fall in love with the people, with the culture, with the churches and with the way they worship God. I am reminded that the world is so much bigger than my hometown of Eugene, Oregon and the Body of Christ is so much bigger than my local home church of New Hope.
I've been trying to figure out what to do with all the different passions stirring within my heart: passion for worship, for leading worship, for seeing people encounter God, passion for reaching different types of people. Why do I love different cultures, different languages, different expressions of worship? Why do I leave pieces of my heart anywhere I go?
I want see the nations worship.
If you've never watched this video from the Passion Conferences and Louie Giglio and Chris Tomlin, now is a great time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ZtKzw-ipo&feature=share&list=RDQ-ZtKzw-ipo
There is something about knowing that our God is not just the God of America. He is not just the God of the Western Hemisphere. He is God of the Nations. He is the Creator who imagined colors, languages, and diversity of peoples and He is the One who breathed and spoke them into being. His arms are big enough to hold the world and His heart is for the nations.
There is so much more to the Body of Christ than I think.
God is calling the nations to Himself. He is gathering His church and gathering into His church. That's what I want to be a part of.
That's what this blog will be dedicated to.
"Look to Me and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by myself: The word has gone out of My mouth in righteousness, And shall not return, That to Me every knee shall bow, Every tongue shall take an oath. He shall say, 'Surely in the Lord I have righteousness and strength.' " -Isaiah 45: 22-24a
"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." -Ephesians 4:4-6
