Proverbs 21:21 (NLT) Whoever pursues godliness and unfailing love will find life, godliness, and honor.
Plato taught that moral thoughts are universal and that “the Good” can be attained through reason not through submission to Revelation. Submitting or Reasoning? We like the second: appeals to our ego.
Pursuing godliness (righteous living) and love (focus on others) in the workplace results in the kind of life that is attractive. The “work of the Lord” is always about love; therefore, we must speak the truth seasoned with grace. Speaking brutal truth is about us: our reasoning ability to see what is “right and true.” Honor results when we focus on the impact that truth will have on the hearer for the benefit of the Kingdom.
Pursue godliness bathed in love. Love drives personal repentance and fuels our pursuit. What fuels you?
Copyright ©2006 by P. Griffith Lindell
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Humble Leadership
Proverbs 20: 27 (AMP) The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
Christians should have a natural advantage as business leaders. After all, we have “put off the old” and now have “the mind of Christ” who is to be ruling in our lives, right?
But this kind of humility is hard work for the driven and successful. We are so used to solving problems on the fly, driving action. It is very easy to forget that we are stewards of those gifts of leadership, and we are called to manage ALL that God has given us for His glory.
Lamps, whose light source is self, is a darkened light: remember we are told to “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
It’s all about His light. Not ours. What does your light reveal?
Copyright © P. Griffith Lindell
Christians should have a natural advantage as business leaders. After all, we have “put off the old” and now have “the mind of Christ” who is to be ruling in our lives, right?
But this kind of humility is hard work for the driven and successful. We are so used to solving problems on the fly, driving action. It is very easy to forget that we are stewards of those gifts of leadership, and we are called to manage ALL that God has given us for His glory.
Lamps, whose light source is self, is a darkened light: remember we are told to “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
It’s all about His light. Not ours. What does your light reveal?
Copyright © P. Griffith Lindell
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