What is Guiding You?
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August 1, 2006"And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. And God called the firmament HEAVEN." On day two, God made the heavens. Day one was about light which enabled Vision but what on earth do the heavens signify? I submit to you that they are easily representative of guiding PRINCIPLES. You see, the Heavens are the seat of God's authority. Psalm 103:19 says, "The LORD has prepared His throne in the heavens; and His kingdom rules over all." Furthermore, God directs His authority in accordance and consistent with His ways. In Isaiah God said, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." What I glean from this is that God rules the universe by something He calls "His ways". He chooses not to be arbitrary, but rather has laws by which He governs everything. His laws, or ways, or what I am calling "guiding principles" are so important to God that the Psalmist said of Him, "for You have magnified Your Word above all Your name." So now you have a vision for your business, your life, your family, etc.; but how are you going to conduct your business. Not "what" are you going to do, but rather "how" are you going to guide your affairs? Many companies have caught on to this idea and have listed out their values. One company I know has a value statement purposing to be "committed to excellence, to being customer-centric, to treating others with respect, trust and dignity and to being committed to employee growth and well being." That's not bad. According to their website, these guiding values are to "serve as a frame work to guide the daily actions and decisions of employees and represents the standards that employees will use to measure all individual and collective actions." My question for you is: what values will you guide your vision with? What values will your employees guide their decisions with? Do they know what you really value?
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The \"How I am going to conduct my business\" & life is obvious to me. Do unto other as you wold have them do unto you:. Simple! Very simple. If all would follow this simple concept, which we are all aware of, it would make all of life's dealings so much easier, more pleasant, more ethical, fruitful & satisfying. It's perhaps so simple that we may forget it in our daily lives. Let's get back to basics and follow this \"Golden Rule\" Blessing to all of you.........
Blanche R. De Jesus at 2:53pm EDT - August 2, 2006