I Can't Do That?!?

It's one of those words that I say quite often.  How many times have I said "No!" because of fear?
At home, I was known as a musician, the guitar player, the one that played on the worship team.  At school, I never once touched a piano key for the entire year.  Literally.  And it's not like the pianos were a far walk from my dorm.  I was in the chapel building at least three times a week.
 
This past summer, I have been doing a study on the book of Second Timothy.  The verse that has challenged me the most is

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a Spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7

I succumbed to fear last year at college. There is so much talent at LBC, and the worship teams are amazing. It was actually easier not playing then let to tell others that I did play.  I listened to lies.  I believed that I would fail, and that everyone would notice.

This semester, I had the courage to audition for worship team at school. I went to the chapel and walked through the auditorium, up to the three hundred foot stage, placed my music on the grand piano and waited...  

Next thing I knew I was playing "I Will Rise" for my audition and the music was moving through the building.

"It is not what you bring to the table"- John Fain from last year's mission's conference stated.

 I was very intimidating to do it, but I knew that the fear of playing was not coming from truth.  God has given me a talent that I wasn't willing to let God use, or to trust him.  See, auditioning for the worship team was not about me.   It was about Christ working through me, through my limitations, and my fears.

"But he said to me, 'My Grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."  2 Corinthians 12:9