Are you internally driven? Though it may be challengingremember it is not brain surgery...
Today's Scripture:
Do not change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.
Romans 12:2
Do not change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but be changed within by a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.
Romans 12:2
Your parents may have counseled you to let your conscience be your guide. That may have been great advice when the world did not have so many shades of gray. But you no longer live in a black-and-white world. The lines of morality and ethics have been blurred. However, God's principles are unchanging. They are an ever-timely guide to living.
Because your role is vital to your group or organization's values and ethics, your staff members take their cues from you. Your compromises become their compromises. Your boundaries impose their boundaries. So, from whom do you get your boundaries and cues? Ask God to guide you. Through prayer and Scripture, you can learn how to do what pleases him rather than what pleases people.
You must be driven by your internal, spiritual convictions and personal values. You cannot let external drivers force your internal choices.
Sometimes being internally driven will mean standing alone in your conviction.
Yours may be single voice speaking out for justice. You might even be the only associate who refuses to pad your expense account. But if you are a leader with integrity, it is worth the stand. If you cave in to comfort of commonness, you will cultivate a culture of compromise. If you emphasize the expectation of ethics, you will encourage an environment of excellence. Learning to be internally driven can be challenging; but it is not brain surgery, just a new way of thinking.
Selah people' and friends to be internally driven, you must know your own personal values. After prayerful consideration, list your top three to five personal values that you will be absolutely unwilling to compromise. Review your values daily and as my friend Scott Peele says "Be strong." Especially at those things that matter...remember its just not that complicated.
"Peace be yours as you allow your inner being to be led by God."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston
Because your role is vital to your group or organization's values and ethics, your staff members take their cues from you. Your compromises become their compromises. Your boundaries impose their boundaries. So, from whom do you get your boundaries and cues? Ask God to guide you. Through prayer and Scripture, you can learn how to do what pleases him rather than what pleases people.
You must be driven by your internal, spiritual convictions and personal values. You cannot let external drivers force your internal choices.
Sometimes being internally driven will mean standing alone in your conviction.
Yours may be single voice speaking out for justice. You might even be the only associate who refuses to pad your expense account. But if you are a leader with integrity, it is worth the stand. If you cave in to comfort of commonness, you will cultivate a culture of compromise. If you emphasize the expectation of ethics, you will encourage an environment of excellence. Learning to be internally driven can be challenging; but it is not brain surgery, just a new way of thinking.
Selah people' and friends to be internally driven, you must know your own personal values. After prayerful consideration, list your top three to five personal values that you will be absolutely unwilling to compromise. Review your values daily and as my friend Scott Peele says "Be strong." Especially at those things that matter...remember its just not that complicated.
"Peace be yours as you allow your inner being to be led by God."
Your pastor,
Rev Patrick Muston
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