At the end of every podcast, we like to ask our guests to share what God has been teaching them in this season of life. This week’s guest is Greg Leith , the CEO of Convene. He was born in Canada and lived in all four corners of North America. His career spans over 35 years of senior leadership roles in corporate, non-profit and academic sectors.

Psalm 119:7-8

I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

Somebody challenged me in the last week to hang out in Psalm 119. And right away I was like, oh, that's the long one. And I read it before and I don't think I'm going to go for it. And then I was sitting there real early the other day and I said, you know what? Let’s tackle that thing. And I circled every time it said, Obey.

And I was circling like there was no tomorrow. The word obey, obey, obey, obey, obey, obey. And I just thought, holy smokes. God keeps saying in this song, you should hang out in my word. You should learn from my words. Your life should reflect my decrees. And this writer keeps saying. Teach me, teach me, teach me, teach me.

So, I opened my eyes and then it keeps saying, and I want to obey. I want to obey. I want to obey. I want to obey. And I just kind of thought, oh, that's pretty basic, isn't it? It’s getting in the word, stay in the word and obey it. And so many of us, me included, can pick up the iPad and look at, you know, Fox versus CNN versus NBC or whatever the heck you read. And then we can read a book about leadership and then we can say, oh, too late. Gotta go. No time for the Bible. 

And yet here Psalm 119 says my word really matters. Get in it. And when you're done reading it, do what it says. So in the end, it says, I have not forgotten your commands. And after all is said and done, when all the dust is settled. When we're all not living on earth anymore. If the earth is still here, we want to say that we honored God in everything that we did and that we made a difference for the kingdom of God.

Because our company is not going to heaven. Newsflash whatever company you run, including a nonprofit. The company entity is not going to pass through the pearly gates. You, and anyone you invite to join you, are the only people going through.