Back in 2002, a band called “Big Daddy Weave” released a song entitled “Audience of One.” Here are some of the lyrics: “And I lift these songs / To You and You alone / As I sing to You / In my praises make Your home / I have one desire / To bring glory to Your name.”
If you’re like me, when I’m singing in a church service, it’s easy to think, “I love this song” or “she’s a great singer” or “that music makes me feel great!” But those are self-focused thoughts. I should leave a worship service asking myself not “What did I get out of it?” but rather “Was God pleased with what happened?” When I sing in worship to my Creator and Savior, my goal is to meet and please Him, not myself. I am not the audience, God is.
Troy Burns