The reason God can't use you more than He wants to may well be that you are not prepared.
Leaders are readers, and readers are leaders.
Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.
It is not about where you are but in what direction you're moving. God is into character, not credentials.
Our problem is that we are in the Word but not under the Word.
That's the way to come to the Word of God. Read it as though it were His love letter to you.