In the book of Numbers in the Old Testament, Moses sends out 12 spies (one from each of the 12 tribes) to sneak into the Promised land and bring back a report on the the prosperity of the land and the type of people that are living there. All 12 spies return with glowing reports of the wonderful abundance in the new land; however ten of the returning spies told Moses that the people inhabiting the land were fearsome and warlike and the tribes of Israel could not defeat them. So these 10 spies advised Moses that the rewards were there but it was too risky to consider taking on the conflicts that they would encounter by moving forward into “The Promised Land”. Only two of the spies returned with reports of the land of milk and honey and also reccommended that the tribes of Israel move forward into this new land of prosperity. They reasoned that they would not have been guided to investigate the new land by Jehovah if the abilities, resources, strategies, and courage were not already available within their people to triumph in this new venture.
This is a wonderful metaphor for our lives. Intuition (Spirit) gives an idea and parts of us immediately assess the risk and take us into fear. Why would Spirit give us an idea if we didn’t have the resources and abilities to accomplish them? There are other parts of us that say: let’s go, you can do this, this is the idea you’ve been looking for, etc. and again the question comes up: who do you listen to? Do you listen to the parts of you that are tuned in to Intuition (Spirit) or do you listen to the fear programming of the world?
Moses listened to Spirit and Israel entered the land of milk and honey. They did have battles to fight and difficulties to overcome and eventually they won and settled into their new land of prosperity. What would have happened if Moses had listened to the fear reports by the spies who saw the possibilities but were afraid to take the risks they saw as insurmountable?
Leadership is seeing correctly where we need to go and holding the vision clearly until we get there.
Thanks for the question. It goes to the root of the conversation. In a true Spiritual methodology all meaningful and lasting information comes from the Spirit within. This is also know as intuition. Judge Thomas Troward ( a great spiritual writer from the 19th and early 20th century ) has said ” my mind is the center of Divine operation”. We spend so much time in analysis that we sometimes ignore the voice within that is giving us the answer that we seek. In my personal situation I have learned this the hard way from 30 to 40 years as a manager and leader in the corporate world and many years as a speaker and consultant. Learning to trust the voice within is also combined with the ideas of “thinking outside of the box” which is popular in coversations and requires a new approach to creativity. In these new processes there are no previous sources of information. As a matter of fact it is best to get away from ” how we have done it in the past”.
Life including Leadership is changing quickly. New ideas, procedures, and methodologies are critical for our success in the future.
It is important to remember that the basic Spiritual principles of integrity, vision, compassion, faith, charity, and hope become the foundation of Leadership ideals and future models that work.
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Robert Test
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Thanks for the post, keep posting stuff
Thank you Maria, I will
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