Proverbs 2:2 (NLV) …make your ear open to wisdom. Turn your heart to understanding.
There are two commands in this verse – make open and turn - that's all about the will. William Penn, in 1699 wrote, “No man is fit to command another that can not command himself.”
Will to open. Will to turn. Open to wisdom from others and from your Creator. The leadership stories in both Old and New Testaments provide foundational understanding of leading. Just knowing about them is not enough. We must turn our heart (including our head, hands and habits) – ah, there’s the rub!
What is naturally in us is all about us: what is supernaturally assimilated in us changes our focus to others. That’s the key to “servant leadership.” If you want to influence others, first allow yourself to be changed – the head and the heart internally, the hands and the habits externally.
Are you willing to be changed so you can lead like Jesus?
Coopyrigth (c) 2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Monday, February 02, 2009
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