Are You Farther Along?

  
I am all for transparency and humility, but one who stands before God to speak must also be one who is farther along in the journey than most he is attempting to lead. As Haddon Robinson humorously points out,

"Preachers of course, have to be more than 'fellow strugglers.' No one is helped by 'You're a loser; I'm a loser; let's keep losing together.'" 

Haddon W. Robinson, Making a Difference, ed. Scott W. Gibson (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999), 34.