Are You Part of the Problem or the Solution?

I remember the voice in my head and feeling the virtual slap on my face.  “Oh man.  I’ve been looking for the source of the problems in the office, and it’s ME.” 

As a leader goes, so goes the organization.  Well, it’s true.  This is yet another lesson I learned the hard way.

It’s not like I was doing anything BAD or IMMORAL, but I was grumbling and complaining. I was hiding behind my stated need to “verbally process” and talk about frustrations with people.  As soon as I faced a perceived “crisis?” I just HAD to find someone to talk with, and often times it was whomever was the first person I could find.  And it wouldn’t simply be one person, but it might be several. The thing is I wasn’t always cautious about WHO I spoke with or WHEN.

Psalms 139:4 “Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You know it all.”

Instead of taking my complaints directly to God, who would truly have all the answers I needed? I brought them to people.

My 2nd Leadership tip? (If you missed the first one, you can read it here)

Learn the value of NOT openly grumbling and complaining.

Find out what it means to have a SCARRED TONGUE, which can only happen if you truly bite your tongue in order to remain silent in the moment.  God can handle it if you vocalize your complaints to Him.  And if you are silent long enough to actually listen to Him? You might even get the answers you are looking for…

Philippians 2:14 (NASB) “Do all things without grumbling or disputing.”