Without Distraction
One of the greatest challenges that worship leaders who oversee a team of church musicians have is the whole issue of quality vs. quantity. Bob Kauflin just wrote a great answer to a question that was sent to him on this very issue.
 The first thing he says is “Don’t apologize for using the most gifted musicians to serve.”
I agree, but those musicians need to be humble and understand the purpose of the worship team or it won’t work.
Our job as worship leaders is to help use music and the Word to point people to Jesus without distraction.  One of those distractions can be someone always buried in their music, focusing so hard on making sure they know where they are. One of those distractions can be someone who knows that they know the music, and lets everyone else know by not having a servant heart.
When you can get a combination of someone who is very gifted musically, and very humble and knows that they are on the platform to point people to Jesus, beautiful things can happen. Distractions from not knowing the music are eliminated and distractions from arrogance are elimanated. The people see a musician who is dedicated to glorifying God with his gifts and they are able to glorify God all the more through the music.
So, if you are a worship leader, teach how to be confident. Don’t just be the only confident one on the team. Train and equip. If you are on the team, practice. Get to know music so well that it comes natrually, and so that you can then just focus on worshipping Jesus with all your strength.
