TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

During a crisis, any type you care to define, leadership is key to successful resolution. The resolution could be similar to the three answers to prayer – “yes,” “no,” or “wait.” We are currently in the wait mode, which implies we must be patient and carry on as best we can.

Leaders are the focal point for information to make decisions on the path to resolution. While waiting for answers;  “like flattening the curve,” a positive, realistic outlook is required. This is called “taking the High Road.”

The High Road is paved with characteristics like courage, commitment, and integrity - which is my favorite. In defining the word integrity to youngsters, a good response is “doing the right thing when nobody’s around.” By extension, “doing the right thing when everybody’s around” is a trait of leaders with integrity. 

We can debate any leader’s decision; but a good leader makes the best decision with the given information at that time.  Do you want the 80% solution now OR the 100% solution whenever?

HOPE for the future is what keeps people pressing on. The Lord did not suggest, imply, or even hint at His plan for us; He DECLARED it!

Read again the words from Jeremiah. Now let us - call on Him and come and pray to Him and wait. Take the High Road in all that we do and say. Be a leader and a beacon of HOPE!

For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.’”  Jeremiah 29: 11-13

Anonymous Contributor seeking to keep God First.