Psalms 101:4
A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
Tag: Good Leaders know nothing
We talk a lot about what we know. In fact, in leadership, knowledge is highly praised. We are supposed to know things. However, in regard to evil, we are to know "nothing" according to one of the greatest leaders who ever lived: David. The problem with that thought process is, however, we like to know about evil. We like to read stories of evil. News feeds, blogs and social media troll to entice us to read about evil. Advertising agencies titillate us with "edgy" stuff to make us want to read their ads ... this is why they use ill-clad women to catch they eye of men. We have an inner bent to "know" about evil. The above text is a commitment of King David's leadership. He will not "know" anything about the evil around him. It would have been nice for him to keep this commitment, however. When it was time to go to war for all kings, David decided to stay back and sent Joan, his commander, out with the troops instead. He stayed home. He wandered one night to his roof top and say Bathsheba bathing in her home. IF he would have kept this promise to God to "know no evil," he would not have committed adultery. IF David would not have had pride in his heart to "number" all his troops and people in his kingdom he would have avoided the wrath of God for his pride. David wanted to "know" how big his kingdom was because that would show how "big" he was. Great kings stay away from "knowing" about evil. They are fine being in the dark. The are fine being the last to know or hear about something (and never knowing or hearing about something). If you want to be a Godly leader you have to be a leader who doesn't know everything.
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