If you're not dead...you're not done.
To be great at a few things and experience it, you'll have to say no to many things.
You can't walk on water until you get yourself out the boat.
If you are not ready to face opposition then you are not ready to be used by God.
Most leaders are trying to figure out the right strategy. The best leaders are obsessed with empowering the right people.
Scripture teaches us that we should trust God and not lean on our own wisdom or understanding. To do this, we have to strive to know God intimately, walking by faith and not by sight. This may not be easy at first, but it starts with simple obedience.