God ultimately raises up leaders for one primary reason: His glory. He shows His power in our weakness. He demonstrates His wisdom in our folly. We are all like a turtle on a fence post. If you walk by a fence post and see a turtle on top of it, then you know someone came by and put it there. In the same way, God gives leadership according to His good pleasure.

God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.

Jesus doesn't need you to make him palatable...he needs you to be faithful.

No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.

God is more interested in declaring than explaining.

There isn’t a violent soul on the planet that God might not save and transform for himself.