Proverbs 6:23 (MSG) For sound advice [that had come from Wisdom] is a beacon, good teaching is a light, and moral discipline is a life path.
This chapter in Proverbs is on living skills and, in the section on warnings about sexual morality, comes this gem about the qualities of a leader who provides sound advice, good teaching (Biblical) and moral discipline.
Life is not simple and neither is leading. Business is in constant flux. Capital gets depleted. Priorities change. Boards demand progress. Individual contributors are often driven by self-centered motives painted in the texture and hue of team effort.
Complexities arise very often fraught with gray areas that take special wisdom.
The ability to discern truth and righteousness demands, of leaders, something beyond their natural skills. Being known as a Christian business leader should have an impact on the lives around you.
It is about being a light. Light has a way of revealing. Christian leaders must distinguish right from wrong even in the face of what might be "legal," but not righteous, in God's eyes.
Is the “light” of your life revealing Christ in you?
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Interesting read Griff; I like the take that is presented. You might consider looking at this in terms of pslam 23...max lucado had an interesting book disecting that in a personal context but might be able to port to a business one as well.
Hmm, yes..interesting - I think you may be referring to Max's great book, Traveling Light - There is power in getting rid of baggage. I'll look at Ps 23 in the light of biz application. Spent 24 weeks (each Sunday) teaching that Psalm once upon a team, but never in the light of business - pun intended. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
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