A Strong Foundation

  

  Have you ever worked with  a boss who deliberately lied to you on a constant bases, was never around when needed, and always hired the worst person for a job?  Those people are usually shunned by others because of their incompetence, and you know in the corporate world, nobody wants to associate with  someone with a bad reputation. A bad leader makes for a bad team.  If the leader is not leading properly, then what makes the team do so as well?  Or are you one of those people who stick up for that boss because he lets you get away with things, or gives you gifts?  Could you respect a boss who did things you knew he was not suppose to be doing?  

     We've all worked in a place where playing favorites is the norm in some businesses.  If your not the favorite, it seems you have to ask permission for everything, and well, that just makes people more resentful of the others who can because you do all the work, but they get all the attention and raise.
      The same could be said in the home.  Would you spoil one child and ignore the other?  Do you let one get away with things, and say no to the other?  Is that being a good parent?  If we don't do these things with our family, and we don't do these things in our business, why do we allow these things with our government leaders?
     The parents are the head of the home.  They set rules and chores for kids to obey. Kids will have a curfew, they will take out the trash, clean their room, and be respectful to parents. They have established a foundation.  The same is set in a business.  Owner sets the rules on how he/she wants to run their  business.  You agree to work for them on the basis of how you like the business.  They set the foundation.  The laws of the land are not any difference.  We have a set of laws set in place for the nation that tells each and every one of us how we must govern. The leader the people elect to represent that foundation to the world, has to themselves be governed by those laws, because if not, the nation can spin in a chaotic mess.  If the leader is being disobedient, then what makes the nation become obedient?  If the leader is not being a good example to others, then he is influencing for the bad.  A leader who plays favorites only brings about resentment, envy, strife and chaos to a family, a business, or a nation.  A leader can always strive for progress.  But without leadership strongly set on  foundational rules, are blown like the wind, and destined to fall.  (I Corinthians 3:10)  ( Matthew 7:24 -27)