God has gifted every member of the Body of Christ (that includes you and me!) with unique gifts, skills and abilities. That's why 1 Chronicles 15: 16 – 22 is another key passage that could help you in developing your ministry's worship philosophy. I won't quote the whole passage here, but you should go back and read it for yourself.
The context is this: King David had built up the city of Jerusalem and was preparing for the return of the ark of the covenant … the tangible reminder of God's presence. He was assigning all sorts of duties relating to worship leadership, and there's a hint given that these assignments are because of particular skills and talents. Then verse 22 is pretty clear about that matter: Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.
Do you see what happened there? Kenaniah was put in charge of the singing because he was effective in that arena. I'm guessing that you have some Kenaniahs in your choir or worship ministry. And I'm also guessing that there are others who have a different set of skills; maybe a less obvious, but greatly needed talent to offer. We can't all be great singers (or maybe even singers at all). But we've all been gifted; you've probably heard and thought about that before. But this part is important: are we plugging people into areas of service and ministry in places where they're gifted? Are we utilizing people according to their passions, their callings, their uniqueness? We've all got a similar goal or destination we're traveling toward, but is everybody in the right seat on the bus?
By the way, do you remember a guy named Bezalel? The opening of Exodus 31 tells us a little about him. He was a craftsman, a builder, put in charge of construction of the Tent of Meeting (the tabernacle) because of his “skill, ability and knowledge;” another confirmation of our principle for today. Rough hands, weathered skin, a blue collar kind of guy.
But get this: Bezalel is the very first person in scripture said to be filled with the Spirit of God.
