Whatever & Wherever!
So they answered Joshua, saying,
“All that you command us we will do,
and wherever you send us we will go."
Joshua 1: 16
Peter Barron Stark and Jane Flaherty wrote:
"The Only Leadership Book You’ll Ever Need"
about organizations where employees love to
work. They opened with an important
statistic.
Employees with an above-average attitude toward
their work generate higher customer satisfaction,
high productivity, and higher profits.
“In addition, companies with higher morale
(more than 70 percent) outperformed others
in the same industries by 11.3
percent.”
In a better leadership book, the Bible, we learn a similar lesson.
In Joshua 1:1-9, God commissioned Joshua to lead Israel. In the
last half of the chapter, Joshua went to the people and asked for
their cooperation. They answered, “All that you command us we
will do, and wherever you send us we will
go.”
When leaders listen to the Lord, others will listen to them.
When we serve the Lord with joy, enthusiasm, and confidence,
we’ll inspire others to do the same. We will all say to the
Lord,
“Whatever & wherever!” We’ll serve with joy!
"Every leader who is also a Christian—including the manager
of the widget factory, the football coach, and the public-school
kindergarten teacher—needs to remember the leadership role
is a spiritual responsibility."
John MacArthur
