Pertinent Verse for Running Sound
November 22nd, 2005 by Steve Parker | Posted in Production
I was reading in Romans the other day and I came across a verse that is incredibly pertinent to my situation often times before and during Rock Services. I won’t share it with you yet, though (this adds suspense).
It is a fairly common thing for me to be totally energized and geared up to run sound at The Rock. The whole week preceding, I’ll be stoked about running sound (There are three of us Rock sound guys here in Fort Collins, so I only get to run sound every three or four weeks). So I’ll be super excited when my week rolls around and I’ll do everything I can to prepare for the sound that week, including making stage plots and board channel layouts, going to band practice, everything. Friday will finally come and I’ll show up at the church ridiculously early (like 2:00 sometimes) and I’ll be all prepared and excited and then… it really doesn’t end up sounding all that great in there. Sometimes I feel like a failure, like I spent all this time and energy and passion on the sound for that night, and the end result was mediocre…Huh…
Now, I am very much aware of the fact that God being glorified doesn’t necessarily mean amazing sound. With my mere human insight though, I feel that the mix that comes out of the speakers on those nights was probably not as glorifying to God as it could have been, so I leave disappointed.
Enter Romans 9:16, stage left:
It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
ting! as the light bulb goes on, I get it! All of the effort that I put in to this is nothing compared to what Gods mercy can do!
Since reading that verse I have changed around my pre-rock prayers a bit, praying more now for God’s mercy upon me, that I may be used by Him.
This is a very enlightening verse to me; I shared it with Travis this last Friday before sound check, he liked it too, sometimes we as sound guys (and worship leaders) can get full of ourselves enough to think that our own motivation is comparable to God’s power over us.
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Definitely a great thought, dude. It’s something we’d do well to keep in mind in EVERY aspect of production. Thanks for sharing