Proverbs 21:21 (NLT) Whoever pursues godliness and unfailing love will find life, godliness, and honor.
Plato taught that moral thoughts are universal and that “the Good” can be attained through reason not through submission to revelation. Pursuing godliness is an act of submission.
Submitting or reasoning? We like the second: appeals to our ego.
Pursuing godliness (righteous living) and love (focus on others) in the workplace results in the kind of life that is attractive. The “work of the Lord” is always about love; therefore, we must speak the truth seasoned with grace.
Even when dealing with an under-performing employee, speaking brutal truth is about us: our reasoning ability to see what is “right and true.” Authentic leadership drives us to use compassion in exploration of the drivers of behaviors that result in negative impact on productivity (what Will Tuttle calls “ethical intelligence”). Honor results when we focus on the impact that truth will have on the hearer for the benefit of the Kingdom.
Pursuing godliness fuels personal outcomes that are attractive to God and others.
What fuels you?
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
Monday, September 21, 2009
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