Everyone wants to be strong—until strength requires suffering. What if the very thing that feels like suffering is the soil where God grows leadership? We all face hardship—sometimes in leadership, family, work, or faith. Paul teaches Timothy (and us) how to endure faithfully, not by our own grit, but by grace. Spiritual leaders rise up by drawing strength from God’s grace and enduring hardship for the sake of the gospel. Let's see how together from 2 Timothy 2.