Monday, September 20, 2004

On Friday at worship team practice, our worship leader started playing some chords on his guitar while we waited for the sound guy to fix something. Almost immediately I recognized the tune as being Humble King by Vineyard. So I started to hum along to encourage him to continue, which he did. And then he started to sing the words and after a few words I joined him in harmony. We ended up singing the whole song and when we were done I said, “We could do that as a prelude on Sunday.” He agreed and we talked about using the whole band, but decided to have just his guitar and our two voices. And then we moved on with the rest of our regular practice.

Yesterday, he and I were in a back room off the auditorium, practicing the song one time before the first service when our pastor walked in. When we finished, he asked us to move the song to the end of the service instead, as a benediction to close the service. So we moved it and it was a nice, reflective end to the morning.

Humble King
Author: Brenton Brown [1999]

Oh kneel me down again, here at Your feet
Show me how much You love humility
Oh Spirit be the star that leads me to
The humble heart of love I see in You

You are the God of the broken
The friend of the weak
You wash the feet of the weary
Embrace the ones in need
I want to be like You, Jesus
To have this heart in me
You are the God of the humble
You are the humble King