Leaders Must Be Disciplined

Hello Everybody!
I hope you slept well and are having a great day! Our attitude has A LOT to do with how our day is, doesn't it??

Today's bold print is in verses 4-5. This chapter is better known as the "Virtuous Woman" chapter and I have been blessed to have married a virtuous woman! :) However, today I find something new; at least for me...

We are in the Message version:

Proverbs 31:4-5
"4 Leaders can't afford to make fools of themselves, gulping wine and swilling beer,

5 Lest, hung over, they don't know right from wrong, and the people who depend on them are hurt. "

Leaders must be disciplined! This passage warns against excessive drinking, but if you don't drink; don't think that this has nothing to do with you!! All areas of excess and lack of self-control can hinder a leader's effectiveness. You fill in the blanks in your mind with the areas that you struggle to be disciplined in. Those are the areas that YOU "cannot afford to make a fool of yourself" in!!

As it says in verse 5, there are many "people that depend on you that will get hurt". So, our lack of discipline as leaders doesn't just hurt us as individuals, but it also hurts the people that we lead!!!! WOW!

Well, make the wise choice and work on being disciplined -- people are depending on us!!