I love playing music. I love playing with the band at Center Point Church. I love every opportunity I get to make something beautiful with other musicians. But the truth is that sometimes I get lost in the music. I know many other worship leaders who have expressed the same sentiments. We all struggle with this at times. While we WANT musical excellence, we also NEED to exalt our Savior and kill our pride.
I wrote out a complicated formula to explain what I am talking about:
ME+H=ATCTA
{Musical Excellence + Humility = A Tough Combination To Achieve}
I hope that didn’t go over anyone’s head 
. But, in reality, it does seem complicated and difficult for all of us – any instrument, any talent. One of the people I respect most in the world is a man named Bob Kauflin. He is the Worship Pastor/Director at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, MD. He has been doing this stuff for a long time, and he has really influenced me as a worship leader. He has a blog dedicated to helping other worship leaders. It’s called Worship Matters and you can get to it here.
Bob wrestles with the same issue I discussed above. He seeks to answer the question that I made the title of this blog entry:
What does God want from us as worship leaders?
And how do we make sure we keep our pride in check while providing musical excellence for our Savior and our church? Here is a video of Bob talking about it:
One thing I love about Bob (and this video blog) is that he emphasizes where it all has to start for us as leaders – TIME in God’s Word. The closer we stay to the Word, the better we’ll do in the roles God has for us. But he also emphasizes taking the necessary time to get better on our instruments. This is such a healthy balance.
Let’s get in the Word and use it to kill the pride we struggle with. But let’s also sit down with our guitars, pianos, voices, drums, mandolins, banjos, kazoos, etc. and strive to play to the best of our ability for our incredible God.
