4:1-2 Failure in Leadership During the times of Israel’s judges, the leaders of the people faced the choice to continue worshiping the Lord or not after a judge like Ehud passed away. When they made the wrong decision, the people suffered as God turned them over to their enemies. Similarly, the decisions of today’s church leaders impact the lives of their people. When leaders fail to embrace the gifts of those with disabilities, whom Scripture refers to as weaker yet indispensable (1 Cor 12:22), the church body misses out and we all suffer the loss.