Vol 2 Iss 1

Leadership in B&W
Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2019
Do the Right Thing (cont.)
John
Quincy Adams
Words of Wisdom:
In the last 2 issues we discussed the legitimacy of the
Bible and how leaders should consider if their decisions
and actions are in alignment with God’s Word. I will be
the 1st to admit that throughout most of my professional
career I never sought God’s Word and wisdom in making
decisions or taking actions. Looking back, I can see where
doing so would have made a significant difference in my
life and career. In this issue we look at 3 more questions
leaders should consider when making decisions and
taking action.
I hope the following excerpt from my book, Effective &
Enduring Leadership … Visions of Greatness, Vol I, is
helpful to you.
Do our actions and decisions take us deeper into fulfilling God's purposes
for our lives or do they take us further away?
What are God's New Testament purposes for our lives? Simply stated they are to Worship Him,
Fellowship with Him and other believers, become Disciples of His Son and teach others to be so also,
establish and work our Ministry of service here on earth to others, and pursue the Mission of bringing
others into right relationships with Christ. For example, in contrast to the movie example below, my
wife and I went to see a Christian movie last evening and invited two other believers to attend with us.
This is fulfilling God's purpose of Fellowship and Discipleship with other believers. Okay wait a minute
now! You can see how an evening at the movies can be Fellowship, but just how is it also Discipleship?
Living the example of Fellowship is teaching others how to do the same. That is Discipleship. It is my
hope that this book will help take others deeper into fulfilling God's purposes for our lives. Doing the
Right Thing may often involve not doing something that takes us further away from God's purposes
for our lives. A night of drinking or a weekend casino gambling with friends is not Fellowship.
Does it pass the Effective & Enduring Leadership test?
In the Introduction chapter we gave this basic definition of E & E Leadership: Effective & Enduring
Leadership can be simply defined as leading and Discipling others so that we teach Godly
legacies to future generations. When considering whether an action or decision is the right thing
to do, ask if future generations will be positively affected for God by it?
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Is it fair to everyone involved or
affected by the decision or action?
E & E Leaders understand they do not live isolated
lives and they realize that their decisions and actions
have effect on other people, perhaps even far
reaching across distance and generations. This
applies to major life decisions such as our
professions, where we live, and who we marry. It also
applies to small decisions, such as buying gifts for
others or clothing or cars or do we go to the movies
tonight?
Luke 16:10 says, “Whoever can be trusted with very
little can also be trusted with much, and whoever
is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest
with much.” Perhaps our example is not 'dishonest'
in the purest sense of the word, but not being fair to
all involved may be a form of dishonesty. Do not get
me wrong, I really enjoy going to the movie theater,
but I have been guilty of making a bad decision of
going to the movies when I should be doing
something else or being more considerate of my wife's
time, schedule, and need for personal time. This just
points out the importance of even small, simple
decisions we make. Imagine the even more far
reaching effects of the major life decisions of our
professions, where we live, and who we marry.
Matthew 25:21 encourages us, “"His master replied,
'Well done, good and faithful servant You have been
faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of
many things. Come and share your master's
happiness!'” and Jesus goes on to warn us in Luke
16:11-12, “So if you have not been trustworthy in
handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with
true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy
with someone else’s property, who will give you
property of your own?”
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The book,
Signposts On
The Road To
Armageddon,
talks about
our financial
responsibility
or lack
thereof:
““Benjamin
Franklin's dictum, “It's better to go to bed supperless
than to run into debt,” sounds silly to this generation.
The craving for the good life has lured millions of
Americans hopelessly into debt. If we add home
mortgages to what Americans otherwise owe, then
consumer debt reaches an astronomical $1.5 trillion.
As a nation, we are a people addicted to living beyond
our means in order to gratify our wants. The oldfashioned
idea of working and saving for what we want
has long since been abandoned. Then there is the U.S.
Government's own staggering debt. Our love of money
and the things that money can buy has saddled
millions of Americans with a hopeless burden.””
Saddling future generations with our debt is not fair
to them, it is not the right thing to do, and displeases
God.
As we go about our daily activities and decisionmaking,
let us Do The Right Thing in God's eyes
versus what we think is pleasing from our earthly
perspectives. How do we do this? By keeping God as
the center of our lives, our reference point on how to
live. “What does seeking first the kingdom of God
mean in terms of our leadership decisions? It means
bringing an eternal perspective into the realm of
practical, day-to-day leadership decisions that effects
better results and better relationships.” ~ Lead Like
Jesus. We must make God more important than our
families, our work, our country, (yes, even football)
and everything else in our earthly lives.
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