Indentiy or legitimacy in ministry?

Yesterday, I briefly tuned in the Nine Conference online where many presenters gave a short talks. For that brief moment of time, I listened to Skye who is an editor of the Leadership Journal, a Christianity Today publication. I thought he said something insightful. Often we hear question about the leadership and why it doesn't succeed. Is it because lack of strategy or low energy and motivation. What Skye said rings true to me. From reading somewhere, 70 % of pastors deals with feelings of inadequacy. I think one of the reason is that Leaders often compare with other leaders, particularly with influence and success stories. One measure of success is obviously number. pastors ask, "how big is your church?" So what happens is that pastors and Christian leaders equate success (number of people or influence leverage) with legitimacy of ministry. If a Christian leader who does not have strong influence on large number of people then his/her ministry (I am thinking small group leader, Bible study teacher, pastor of small church...) seems not legitimate. Often leadership is defined "influence." however, what I see is that some leaders are so bound by pressure to succeed often in resulted in number. Skye points out that outcome of ministry is not something that we create. We are called to abandon the outcome to the Lord. God is One who makes our ministry grow. We plant the seed and water it, then God causes it to grow. The legitimacy our ministry comes from ourselves as children of God. It is the identity issue, "Who am I?" If we are rooted in Christ as sons and daughters of God, then the power, strength, and motivation come from Him.