And your thoughts will be established.
-Proverbs 16:3
A man's heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
- Proverbs 16:9
The Bible says so in Proverbs as we see in the verses above. It comes up in other places in both the Old Testament and New Testament. Don't get it wrong. The Bible is certain to cover such a matter as this due to its importance to success of any such venture in faith. After all, the Lord's name is on the line any time that we step out there with the blood of Jesus Christ covering us. Other folks are looking.
Other writers have shared the importance of a leader having a heart for his or her work. Check out how Ken Blanchard and John Maxwell deal with matters of the heart. Steve Marr used Proverbs to publish a daily devotional for business professionals called Business Proverbs.
No matter how much you may try to rationalize otherwise, if your heart isn't in it, you can bet the rest of you isn't too into it either. Get your heart into it or get out of it.
God doesn't want you giving Him a half-hearted effort. What He did that towards us? Would we praise Him with our whole hearts still? Would we still sing songs of Zion to His glory? Think on that.
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