# Why Leaders Keep Failing Us | Hosea 10:3-4

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Podcast: [The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-weekly-by-vince-miller-525491)
Published: 2026-07-14T05:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to The Daily. Today, I want to give a shoutout to Jeff Fox from Airdrie, Alberta . Thank you so much for your partnership with us in Project23 . Grab your Hosea Scripture Journal. Our text today is Hosea 10:3-4 : For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the Lord; and a king—what could he do for us?" They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. — Hosea 10:3-4 People frequently blame bad leadership without asking what kind of culture produced it. Hosea goes deeper than politics. Israel's leadership crisis was not merely a government problem. It was a spiritual problem. "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD." That's the issue. The fear of God had disappeared, and once that happens, leadership becomes hollow. Leaders begin serving themselves instead of the truth. Promises become performative. Covenants become manipulation. Words become tools instead of commitments. Hosea states this, "They utter mere words." Our world is filled with words. Speeches. Statements. Branding. Messaging. Public outrage. Carefully crafted narratives. But beneath much of it is a vacuum because truth has been disconnected from character. When people stop fearing and following God, integrity becomes optional. It is God who holds integrity together. This is why he has given us his Spirit. His Spirit is the person who convicts our flesh to live in accordance with God's truth. If we don't live with godly integrity, eventually judgment "springs up like poisonous weeds." Notice that image. Poison grows where truth once should have grown. Corruption spreads. What was planted quietly begins affecting everything. That's why leadership failures are never just leadership failures. They r…

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