What we seem to want are the movers and shakers, the aggressive extroverts, the pushers who meet people well and sell the church in a community, who are smooth in the pulpit. Do we ever ask: How does he pray? Does he enjoy being with his wife? Can he weep? But if this text reveals our need it also gives us reason for praise. Sometimes Yahweh must save us from our saviors, our self-chosen solutions to kingdom needs or personal dilemmas. And how often he has.
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