God's ways are not our ways. We tend to equate leadership with lordship; He equates leadership with servanthood. We want strength so we can can help God with His work; He makes us weak so He can demonstrate His power. We advertise our credentials so others can be more sure of us; He lets us fail so they can see that apart from God we are not much at all.

So God lets leaders fall off their pedestal. Failure, indecision, and underachievement bring them to a humbling realization of their own inadequacy - and can cause followers to lose their illusions and overdependence on those leaders.

Only as we see our weakness can we draw upon God's strength. - Our Daily Bread - March 25, 2001

Does this sound as if we were again boasting about ourselves? Could it be that, like some other people, we need letters of recommendation to you or from you? - 2 Corinthians 3:1