Proverbs 8:9-10 (MSG) [Wisdom speaking] Prefer my life--disciplines over chasing after money, and God-knowledge over a lucrative career. For Wisdom is better than all the trappings of wealth; nothing you could wish for holds a candle to her.
In Bruce Doyle III’s book Before You Think Another Thought he suggests that “what you focus on expands in your life…[and]…it is important to focus your attention effectively.”
Focus is a choice – a preference.
Wisdom suggests that choosing to focus on spiritual disciplines and God-knowledge will yield something that wealth will never provide. The seductions of power, position and prestige can easily distract.
Leadership is not about what you preach or what you intend to do: it is about how you behave and the impact that has on people. How you lead, what you do and say are the result of choosing the right things to focus upon. Begin by focusing on Wisdom – that focus will prepare you each day to think, do and say the kind of things that please God and followers will admire. As Bruce says it, “What you believe is just you will get.”
Do you believe in Wisdom? Or wealth? Your answer matters.
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Thursday, January 08, 2009
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