Proverbs 4:23 (MSG) Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that's where life starts. (NKJV) Keep [above all else, guard- NIV] your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
Servant-leadership has become a hot topic in the business press. Servant-leadership thinks of others before thinking of self. This kind of leadership demands a humble heart, which takes effort on our part and that effort, and as Wisdom admonishes, is focused on guarding our heart. We are told that what we think about or ponder in the heart, will define us. The heart is where feelings, behavior, attitudes, hidden thoughts live. Scripture also teaches that the heart is very wicked and deceitful - so much so, it can fool us. That's why it must be guarded. The older I get, the more I understand how much personal discipline it really takes to become a "person after God's own heart."
Are you disciplined for Servant-leadership?
Copyright © 2006 by P. Griffith Lindell
Friday, August 04, 2006
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