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Exclusive Interview Lincoln: That was one of those, I was up at two in the morning, reading my Bible, had my guitar in my hands and started playing the chords and singing. I would like to put music
to God's Word more often. I think there's something powerful about it. I think
I'm going to try and do that more on [my next] album, really take the Psalms
and as much as I can, put music to those. There's just something to that. Lincoln: In the
last couple years of my life, I'm less definitive about being able to say one
thing. People ask, "What's your favorite worship song?" I just don't have one.
It can change on a daily basis. There are ones that move me one day that didn't
the week before. FamilyChristian.com: What is the most important thing that people should know about Lincoln Brewster? Lincoln: One of the things I want people to know is that whether the records do well or not, I'm not going to stop doing this because this is what God's called me to do. I'm not doing this to be on the worship bandwagon. I led worship at youth groups before this and it's what I love doing. The other thing [I want people to know] is that I'm a really genuine person. Like I told you, I'm passionate about being honest and transparent, and as flawed as I am, I'm doing my very best to keep in touch with that and grow and be changed, day in, day out, by God. FamilyChristian.com: What is God teaching you now? Lincoln: [He is teaching me] two things. God has been revealing myself to me this whole tour. It's amazing how differently people can perceive you or how differently you think of yourself than how people perceive you. He's just putting me in touch with my inabilities [and] my humanness [and] revealing things to me that are, honestly, not a whole lot of fun, but things that I really need [to know]. The other thing [God is teaching me] is learning to let go. I feel like God has brought some things my way recently that have just required me to lean on Him. I found out my wife is pregnant. We were excited but we were freaked out because she had a CAT scan of her sinuses and we didn't know she was pregnant [at the time]. The thought of my unborn child being poisoned by radiation wasn't the greatest thought in the world and I panicked. We've since found out that the chances of that causing any damage are really low. After I found that out, I felt better but then I [thought], "Would I have been able to feel better if I didn't find that out?" I think that's what God's trying to teach me right now. People say, "Let go and let God" and it's a clever saying and it rolls right off the tongue, but it doesn't roll right into your life so easily. That's kind of where I'm at-[saying to God], "I've got to trust You." It's so funny when that's your only option and it's still hard. FamilyChristian.com: How would you personally define worship? Lincoln: I think it's both an inward and an outward expression of how you feel about God. I'm one of those people who thinks that there's a difference between praise and worship. You see in the Bible the way that God views the church is as the bride. When the Bible talks about deep and intimate worship, it talks about communing. So [there's a difference] when I give my wife a compliment, which is praise, and when we're communing and being very intimate, which would be viewed as worship. [They are] two very separate kinds of ideas. Worship to me is a very intimate and personal thing. FamilyChristian.com: As a worship leader, what do you think about the current surge in worship music?
Lincoln: I'm glad and I'm sad. I just hope people can handle it the right way. It would break my heart to see a new band come out or new worship leader come out with a CD and people say, "that guy's terrible" or "that band's horrible" and it's like-they're worshipping! If it doesn't work for you, that's cool but please respect that that's what they've dedicated themselves to. A kid asked me one time, "How do you think that somebody is all that and a bag of chips and it's not idol worship?" I didn't have the answer but I felt like God gave me the answer. He said, "Ask him if he's worshipping the man or the gift." When you worship the man, it's easy to be critical but when you are in awe of the gift that God has given somebody, it makes you a lot slower to criticize. I hope that people who get into it don't jump on this thing because they think it's a way to make money or something like that. And I also know that just because a ministry is successful has nothing to do with that being God's blessing upon it. It does not mean that God approves it. It doesn't mean He doesn't but it doesn't mean He does. We've seen plenty of ministries that have been incredibly blessed, or at least that what you called it, and they've turned out to be phonies. I just hope that people keep that all in perspective. God asked me one time,
"Lincoln, what makes an idol an idol?" And He told me, "A worshipper makes an
idol an idol." That just blew me away. I encourage people to not worship people
but to worship God. I hope worship itself doesn't become an idol. I know that
it has for a lot of people. We tend to start worshipping the worship and not
worshipping the Creator. I hope we can stay focused on that.
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One song I really enjoyed was "Psalm 91."
