im happy

so why are you happy matt, you may ask. well as i sit in my office doing work, im hearing Chris Tomlin in the background. "You and i are made to worship, you and i are called to love, you and i are forgiven and free." We are why wouldnt i be happy, we have a God whom loves us so much he would make a way for us to be with him. In the back of our church we have a huge banner, it says something really cool on it.(if your staff here you should know it) it says Created for Worship; Commissioned for Ministry. How more direct of a slogan could you want, we are here to worship God. we do that by salvation, giving, singing, serving, and going, our life as a whole should be lived in such a way that in all we do we worship God. This week I got another SLAP in the face by God. it came to me from the book of James(go figure i know)1:22 it says," to be doers of the word not just hears." For the longest time ive wanted nothing more than to have a guitar and drum set to play in worship. Justin and i for Years prayed for it. so praise God when the cobbs moved and joined our church family.Matt is one of the most God gifted worship leaders i know. then out of no where, Kadee And Here Family(not the church) gave us the money to go and buy a drum set. Wow could God be ANY MORE clear on what he wanted out of us. this was like 2or 3 months ago and worship has been great, its brought us to another level in our praise to God, but i wasnt having the fun or worship i thought i would. then about 3 weeks ago i found out why; ill first off say that when God tells you something please listen. He is bigger than you and WILL win, three times he asked me why i wasnt worshiping him with the drums He provided. you know what my response was, to the God who died for me, who has given me almost anything I've asked for, because half the church was upset because it is loud and not right to have this stuff in church. sounds dumb i know ill be the first to admit i have been sinning against God to make others happy. For that i ask for forgiveness, and can proudly say that after 3 weeks of God telling me to be a doer, that this sunday morn and night i played the crap out of the drums for one person only. it was the first time iv ever played for God and i dont care how many people dont like it, their not God. i worship for him and him alone. other than my attitude in worship changing life has been great. Kadee and i to the shock of everyone who knows us have done more in 5 days of engagement for our wedding then most do in like 3-4 months. well i guess as the title of the post says, I am Happy. Are YOU?