Proverbs 26:23 (MSG) Smooth talk from an evil heart is like glaze on cracked pottery.
Why, in 2009, am I struck by this verse? Could it be all the smooth talk filling the airwaves?
The image in the verse is striking and apropos. Adding glaze, as fill, was the old trick used to hide blemishes. The Greeks marked their fine pottery after inspection with the word from which we get our word sincere – meaning unmixed or pure.
Leadership that builds trust, that is original, innovative, focused on people works best when it originates from a heart that is pure in motive. The antithesis is Machiavellian leadership. People want to be lead, not manipulated. That’s all about heart – motive.
The leader’s prayer must daily be the Psalmist prayer, “Create in me a clean heart, Oh God.” This is heart “surgery” that motivates followers and magnifies the leader’s Leader.
Are you willing to have daily heart surgery?
Copyright (c) 2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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