Administration - Divine Moments for Leaders

Administration

MY QUESTION for GOD

How does administration benefit leaders and those they lead?

A MOMENT with GOD

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

Genesis 1:28

The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.

Genesis 2:15

God said to Noah, . . . “Enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”

Genesis 6:13, 18-21

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has revealed the meaning of the dreams to you, clearly no one else is as intelligent or wise as you are. You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”

Genesis 41:39-40

In the Garden of Eden, God charged human beings with the work of tending and managing his creation so that the earth would be fruitful. In the same way, leaders are to care for the situations and people in their charge, working toward an environment where people can reach their full potential. Administration is the God-ordained task of managing time and resources in order to accomplish that goal.

Scripture shows that God works in orderly ways to take care of his people. Noah obeyed God’s commands, and his administrative skills saved himself, his family, and every animal species from the Flood. God used Joseph to manage the nation of Egypt so that the bumper crops of the good years would be stored and then distributed to the hungry during the years of famine. Leaders offer everyone a divine moment when they use their God-given skills of administration to complete the tasks before them.

DIVINE CHALLENGE

ALL OF YOU TOGETHER ARE CHRIST’S BODY, AND EACH OF YOU IS A PART OF IT. . . . SO YOU SHOULD EARNESTLY DESIRE THE MOST HELPFUL GIFTS.   1 Corinthians 12:27, 31