A BETTER FUEL TO WALK BY

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tau 

Fuel Pump

If you are a leader in any capacity, then I am sure that you would have noticed that getting people to comply is arguably one of the most difficult tasks a leader faces. Compliance is so important that it can determine the success or failure of any endeavor. You must've even wished people were robots, that would comply without asking questions sometimes. The truth is, people have a will. One that gives them the right to determine their own actions - but just in case you forgot, allow me remind you of a better fuel that can obtain not just compliance, but willingness.

A husband and wife didn't really love each other. The man was very demanding, so much that he prepared a list of rules and regulations for his wife to follow. He insisted that she read them over daily and obey them to the letter. Among other things, his "do's and don'ts" indicated such details as what time she had to get up in the morning, when his breakfast should be served, and how the housework should be done. After several long years, the husband died. As time passed, the woman fell in love with another man, one who dearly loved her. Soon they were married. This husband did everything he could to make his new wife happy, continually showering her with tokens of appreciation.
One day as he was cleaning house, she found tucked away in a drawer the list of commands her first husband had drawn up for her. As she looked it over, it dawned on her that even though her present husband hadn't given her any kind of rules to live by: she was doing everything her first husband's list demanded anyway. She realized she was so devoted to her present husband that her deepest desire was to please him. But out of LOVE, not OBLIGATION or COMPULSORY compliance.

In 2015 quit bullying people around, threatening fire and brimstone. It will only get you short term results, you can't be smarter than God, for this is how God also obtains from us, not fearful compliance or obligation. God sowed the seed of love and, obtained the harvest of loving devotion and willing obedience. You too can do the same today.