I had the most interesting lunch today with a corporate attorney. The fact that I had accepted an invitation from an attorney for lunch, was in itself a miracle. A couple of years ago after I had been through hell in the family court arena I wouldn’t have communicated with an attorney at all. The family law legal professionals I hired weren’t worth a penny.

So I had my guard up to begin with, I soon let it down. This guy was brilliant yet humble and very engaging in conversation. We touched on some very deep subjects and he could match my intellectual level without breaking a sweat. The conversation skipped from one subject to another and neither of us really cared which way it was skipping because we just went with the flow.

This man had been mentored by a very wealthy man who took him under his wing and he soaked up every bit of wisdom this billionaire bestowed upon him. A quote he told me stuck out as being worth investigating. His mentor had told him, “He didn’t need to be right, he just needed to be effective.”

I thought about that for awhile. Most people who argue want to prove that they are right. They defend their viewpoint at the expense of the other person’s feelings because somewhere in the land of disagreements it becomes about who owns what, who said what or who did the wrong thing. In essence it boils down to who is right.

Yet when someone is right, there is no reason to argue.

Take in point when Jesus was in court. He did not defend himself. He had every right to defend himself. He was present during creation, He had done countless miracles, He had not sinned, He could have silenced everyone in the room with a glance yet he didn’t. Why? Because He knew who He was and He knew that He was the sacrificial lamb for the sheep which had gotten lost.

In doing so He conquered death. I think that Jesus was not only the most righteous of all humans but also the most effective. I don’t know too many people who have been dead for three days and rose again. How many do you know?