I never thought I was insecure. Until I realized I was human. But if you want to lead, you can’t stay there. You need to overcome insecurity. Fight it to the death. Be prepared to attack when it rears its ugly head. I’m not being dramatic. Insecure worship leaders are found quite often. If you want to lead, insecurity must die.Â
Consider the best leader in your life. What made them so effective? Why did you love them? It probably had something to do with how they empowered you to be your best. Not that their coaching and feedback was always easy and stroked your ego, but it was what you needed. And it was delivered in a way that moved you forward, rather than holding you back.
What Insecure Worship Leaders Need
A great leader creates unlimited space for others around them. The sign of an effective leader will always be their team because they are living for something beyond themselves. It’s a vision that includes maximizing the collective potential of everyone under their care. This applies to worship ministry, but also marriage, parenting, business and sports.
But an insecure worship leaders won’t let this happen. Insecurity will always hold you back, 100 percent of the time. Why? Because an insecurity always acts in its own best interests. An insecure leader is too concerned with their own image and reputation to allow others to thrive. Team members are only a means to make an insecure leader look better. And when they don’t, they are written off.
The space around an insecure leader is small. But that’s not you. Right?
I feel like God has always put me in situations where my insecurity can be dealt with. Isn’t that nice of Him? Like the time in college I made the renowned traveling team and wrote an original song that made the record. Except that it was mixed and mastered with the bass an entire beat behind.
How does that even happen? It was my moment to shine. Instead, I was embarrassed.
Or the 1,000 times I’ve felt overlooked or unappreciated.
Situations like this reveal where our hearts are and what we’re truly building with our lives. So if insecurity is to be avoided, what do we strive for?
