For many leaders, the streams of their revenue have dried up. The lake of their reserves now lies with its old, rotten stumps exposed in pools of mud. No water there. It’s not a pretty picture.
It is now a very complex world if interrelated issues, woven together in the fabric of our lives. When things begin to unravel, we need advice. Not from just anybody. From one who is intimately connected with the “Weaver.”
Solomon directs the Christian leader (business or family) to seek counsel from those who know us well – a small (by implication), intimate group with whom we have been transparent: A team proven to be trustworthy with our secrets.
These are the ones with whom we can share the interrelated nature of what is happening to us. They have a special task: They listen. They deliberate. Then, they offer a plan.
Look at the promise: the plans are accomplished. Can’t beat that.
Ah, but it’s conditional. Get counsel from those who get counsel themselves. God has shaped them with life experiences from which they have learned practical and spiritual lessons.
- Do you have a team with whom you are being transparent?
- Do you have people around you who have life experiences from which they have learned something richer and meaningful about God’s grace?
- Are you such a person?
For Further Study
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
1 comment:
Hi Griff
Your posts reflect much of my own experience through business and home life. There is much wise counsel here in this whole blog. I find it interesting to compare notes and find a good Christian heart after God - as I would wish my own to be.
Every blessing my friend
Keep blogging
Chris
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