Proverbs 26:23 (MSG) Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.
The image is striking and apropos. Adding glaze, as fill, was the old trick used to hide blemishes. The Greeks marked their fine pottery after inspection with the word from which we get our word sincere - meaning unmixed or pure. Leadership that builds trust, that is original, innovative, and focused on people works best when it originates from a heart that is pure in motive. The antithesis is Machiavellian leadership. People want to be lead, not manipulated. That's all about heart - motive. The leader's prayer is the Psalmist prayer, "Create in me a clean heart, Oh God."
Daily heart surgery yields sincere leadership.
Copyright©2006 by P. Griffith Lindell
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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