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“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.” – John 4:23

Do you remember all the talk about “subliminal advertising” a few years back?

It was said that, at the movie theatres, a frame with a picture of a nice cold drink, with lots of ice cubes and beads of sweat running down the side and some buttered popcorn would be placed in the movie reel. The idea was that you would see this subconsciously and it would create a desire in you to want to go to the snack bar and get one those drinks and some popcorn.

When we see those advertisements for Outback Steakhouse or a nice juicy burger, it makes us want to go get one. We don’t get a hankering for the picture. We want the “real thing”.

As I thought this as it relates to our spiritual lives, I wonder why so many people settle for a cheap imitation, an image of the “real thing” a “religion” instead of the “real thing” – a personal relationship with Christ.

In the verse quoted above, Jesus was explaining to the woman at the well that our worship of Him is to be in “spirit and truth,” not the empty form of religion with which she was familiar.

Too many people today see the “real thing” and desire instead (or at least settle for) a poor substitute.

Imagine being given the responsibility of starting a business with a specific goal and one year to build your team, gather equipment, and hire your employees. The goal is a task which has not only never been accomplished, it’s never been tried. One year is the target and you know you will be replaced if the timeline is not met. Your employees will not only number in the hundreds of thousands, they must be trained in this never been tied task, and they will be multi-national. All of this literally life or death – not in an allegorical sense, but in a physical life or death sense for your employees and in a way of life sense for a majority of the world’s population.

This is the daunting position Dwight D. Eisenhower found himself in in 1943. The procedures, challenges, obstacles, personalities, failures and the ultimate success, is chronicled in Geoff Loftus’ “Lead Like Ike.”

Loftus identifies ten strategies used by Ike to make it all happen. He related these strategies to the modern business environment.

I enjoyed the book from a historical standpoint, as well as a practical leadership guide.

For me, this book was a page turner and I enjoyed it immensely.

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