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Character: the Key to Leadership
Proverbs 28:14 (NIV) Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
In their book The 5 Pillars of Leadership, Meyer and Slechta posit that the first three fundamentals of leadership are integrity, a servant’s heart and stewardship. The chord of your character, if built with those three strands, will not easily be broken!
For the Christian leader, the source of these strands of character is a reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord: ignoring this fear (The attitude that I will fear no one!) has consequences. There is the final judge. What we do, what we think and what we say ultimately matters.
One of the paradoxes of Christianity is that happiness (blessedness) is born of “fear.”
Know God. - No Fear. Fear God - Know happiness. Are you “blessed?”
For Further Study
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
In their book The 5 Pillars of Leadership, Meyer and Slechta posit that the first three fundamentals of leadership are integrity, a servant’s heart and stewardship. The chord of your character, if built with those three strands, will not easily be broken!
For the Christian leader, the source of these strands of character is a reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord: ignoring this fear (The attitude that I will fear no one!) has consequences. There is the final judge. What we do, what we think and what we say ultimately matters.
One of the paradoxes of Christianity is that happiness (blessedness) is born of “fear.”
Know God. - No Fear. Fear God - Know happiness. Are you “blessed?”
For Further Study
Copyright ©2009 by P. Griffith Lindell
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Comment by Theresa on May 28, 2009 at 9:33pm
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Amen, when Christian leaders have these qualities that the bible mentioned, they will have favor with God and man.Our Characters are so important to God. ( what we do behind closed doors).
Thanks for all your blogs. Please know that God answered my prayers. I asked the Lord to give me a better understanding of the proverbs and here you come and explain it. Wow, God is awesome and faithful!
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