“Send out your light and your truth; let these be my guide.” – Psalm 43

This prayer from the 43rd Psalm is on my mind. It’s the spiritual principle I’d like to share with you today.  If we are to find fulfillment and success in our endeavors, we need the vision to follow the right paths. We also need to be guided by the truth.

Today I received a newsletter about good leadership practices. It said that good leaders need compasses, not maps. The idea is that a compass gives direction, and that’s what a leader provides. The team the leader works with creates the map based on the direction it receives. But they can’t do much without sound direction and direction comes from a good compass.

Where does a good leader find a good compass? A sound compass is one that points true north. A leader’s compass will be sound if it points in the direction of the light and the truth. Plans based on whim or fancy will not prevail. Plans based on what is real have the best chance at success.

Often we think we know what’s real, only to find out later we were mistaken. It was an illusion, smoke and mirrors, or self-deception of some sort. Leaders are often reluctant to say, “I don’t know.” Yet that is exactly what a good leader is ready and willing to admit. As Socrates said long ago, “The wise man is the one that knows he does not know.”

If we are humble enough to admit we do not have all the answers and that we need the light and the truth of the Creator to guide us to find them, we’ve made a giant leap along the Path of Integrity, and to assuring our fulfillment and success, not just for a while, but for a long time to come.

How have you found the light and truth you needed to guide you along your path? Write a comment below and share your insights.

Thanks for being on the Path of Integrity.