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Awe Dweller

“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”— Psalm 8:3–4

I grew up in the church, but it wasn’t until a youth camp at the age of thirteen that I had a life-changing encounter with the majesty of King Jesus. My life was transformed, and suddenly I couldn’t help but share Jesus with all my non-church-going friends.

Around the same time, I discovered a deep love for the piano. I would spend countless hours practicing in my room, allowing God to shape my heart through music. It wasn’t simply that God was using a man-made medium to speak to me. Rather, I began to realise that music itself is part of God’s creative design—a unique and powerful way for us to experience His presence and hear His voice.

For the first time, I could express my love for God not only through words, but through creativity. As a young person, praying out loud in front of others felt daunting. But place me behind a piano, and my fingers could say what my words struggled to express.

Music became a language of worship.

This is the kind of experience I hope our students at MECS will discover. Whether through music, painting, drama, or another art form, creativity can become a doorway into awe.

If a student loves to paint, they can allow God to meet them as brush touches canvas. If they love storytelling and drama, they can honour Him from the stage.

But what excites me most is not simply when students use their gifts in public, but when they learn to use them in private—drawing near to God and deepening their relationship with their Creator.

To be an Awe Dweller is to pause and wonder at the beauty and creativity of God. It is to ponder, as Paul writes, “how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ” (Ephesians 3:18).

My hope is that every student will begin to see music—and the arts—not merely as subjects to study, but as powerful pathways into the creative heart of God.

As worship leader Chris Tomlin once said:

“Worship is our response to who God is and what He has done.”

When creativity becomes worship, students learn not only to 

perform—but to dwell in awe.

Tristan Forrest

Music Teacher and Instrumental Coordinator at MECS