God-fearing Leadership

Proverbs 1:7 (NASB) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
(MSG)  Start with GOD-the first step in learning is bowing down to GOD; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

There was a time in our culture when the term "God-fearing man or woman" was used to describe a Christian; however the literature of the last century painted an image of this person as hard, cranky, without compassion, stoic, even brutal - not a pretty picture. Notwithstanding, the "fear" written of here is not the trembling Lion quaking before the Wizard of Oz; rather, this fear includes the attitude of honoring God as having authority over all things rejecting the attitude of  "I don't need God:  I can do just as well on my own."  This faith is not mere facile declaration. This faith is vigorous, attentive, and "alive." God-fearers are called to be magnets - attractive people - because they don't worship self, they value others, and they lead with a moral compass firmly established. Are you an attractive God-fearer in the workplace?

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