# IL #703: Broken Leaders: Why God Often Breaks Leaders Before He Uses Them

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Podcast: [Inspired Leadership with Ron Kelleher](https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-leadership-with-ron-kelleher-6416780)
Published: 2026-08-10T14:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Broken leaders are rarely the people we expect God to use most. Our culture celebrates confidence, success, and self-sufficiency. Yet throughout Scripture, God repeatedly chose leaders whose greatest qualification was not their strength—but their dependence on Him. Before He expanded their influence, He first reshaped their hearts. In this episode, Ron Kelleher examines the lives of Moses, Joseph, Peter, Paul, Jeremiah, and Isaiah to reveal a consistent pattern in God's work: He often uses seasons of failure, waiting, weakness, and disappointment to prepare leaders for greater influence. This episode explores timeless leadership principles, including: Why God often breaks self-reliance before expanding leadership. How failure can deepen rather than destroy a leader's effectiveness. Why waiting is often preparation, not punishment. How weakness becomes the place where God's power is displayed. Why broken leaders often lead with greater humility, compassion, and dependence on Christ. Whether you are experiencing criticism, disappointment, unanswered prayers, leadership setbacks, or a season that feels confusing, this message offers biblical encouragement that God may be doing His deepest work beneath the surface. Brokenness is not always a sign that God has set you aside. Sometimes it is evidence that He is preparing you for something greater. Because God is not merely looking for stronger leaders. He is shaping surrendered leaders. #ChristianLeadership #BrokenLeaders #DependenceOnGod #LeadershipDevelopment #Faith #SpiritualGrowth

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