Proverbs 5:1-2 (NIV) My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight, that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
A battle rages in our culture. Truth (with a capital “T”) and “the lie” are at war.
When working with people about leadership foundations, it is interesting to see how the culture is “taking ground” in this battle, even in the “Christian” community. We have not done well in understanding the ramifications of this war. We have ceded territory needlessly. It’s time to stop.
As I have written before, to whom you look for wisdom determines – well, everything. Are we, like Solomon? Solomon never assumed that truth was relative and that morality was a function of personal choice.
When wrestling with your personal purpose and your ethical framework (as R.C. Sproul points out, “Ethics is about ought to be and morality is about ‘what is’ ”) our worldview is critical. Does Truth have an absolute foundation? Or has our ethical system morphed to reflect polling – a 51% determination of the will of the people within a given group, culture or system. Might makes right. Right? Wrong.
The Apostle Paul said about Christ; "for in him are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" and that is Truth with the capital “T.” Not might. Right.
The predicate of this principle is not only that your view of others will not be self-serving (maintain discretion), but also what you say builds the continuity of useful knowledge based on the absolutes of Truth. Leadership that honors others and builds a legacy – it begins at this source.
Do you “pay more attention” to God or man?”
Copyright ©2010 by P. Griffith Lindell
Monday, October 04, 2010
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I pay more attention to God...As a servant leader, He is my employer!...Serving "whoever" "wherever" according to His Will...Have a blessed day...
Peggy Ann Romano
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As Aristotle once said and Scintillae... reflects, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
I try to pay more attention to God. As I know I cannot trust man. Sometimes I allow myself to pay attention to man because of circumstances but in the end I find more peace and confirmation when I focus on what the Word of God says and make decisions based on that.
Right on Peggy, we are what we do most.
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