(philstar.com) Updated March 25, 2012
Our sufficiency is from God. — 2 Corinthians
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 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’re not much
at all.
We are inclined to focus on personalities, to be impressed by the
intellect, education, and strength of a leader’s will. Followers begin
to believe that a particular leader can do no wrong. Such adulation,
however, is nothing more than humanism —making a human being the
measure of all things. What’s worse, it’s idolatry — centering our
devotion on someone other than God.
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. This is a good reminder that all of us
— leaders and followers alike — walk through life
on “feet of clay.” Ultimately, the only good thing about any one of us
is the goodness of God. That’s why we need to recognize that “our
sufficiency is from God” (2 Cor. 3:5). — David Roper
If you rely upon God’s strength
And live a life that’s true,
Then what you do in Jesus’ name
Will be His work through you.
— D. De Haan
READ: 2 Corinthians 3:1-5
Only as we see our weakness can we draw upon God’s strength.
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• 2 Samuel 9-12
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