“Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple;” – Malachi 3:1
For the people to behold the arrival of the Lord, a way is to be organized for Him. Similar to Malachi in the Old Testament or John the Baptist in the Gospels, the worship leader is called to prepare the way of the Lord.
It’s not that the omnipotent Lord of the universe needs someone to prepare a way for Him to arrive, but the way is actually needed for us to realize His arrival.
We are kidding ourselves if we think we can simply walk into God’s Holy Presence and experience it without adequate preparation!
After all, He is Spirit, we are flesh. He is holy, we are sinners. He is God and we are only created beings.
The predominant task of the worship leader is to prepare an environment conducive for presenting the God of the people to the people of God. Throughout the worship session, with every song, prayer, dance, etc. this environment is sensitively organized by the worship ministry so that the congregation is guided to offer their worship honestly.
“Go up on a high mountain, messenger of Zion. Shout as loud as you can, messenger of Jerusalem! Shout fearlessly, say to the towns of Judah, ‘Here is your God.’” – Isaiah 40:9. The worship leader is sort of like this messenger shouting to the congregation, “here is our God, c’mon worship Him!!”
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