The idolatry the exists in a man's heart always wants to lead him away from his Savior and back to self-reliance no matter how pitiful that self-reliance is or how many times it has betrayed him.

Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.

God is more interested in declaring than explaining.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

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.

Your self-reliance, self-appraisal and self- perception depends on how successful you are at knowing who God has created you to become