What do organization and administration do for leaders and those they lead? - Organization - TouchPoints

Genesis 1:28-30Then 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.” Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.

God blessed them and told them, “Multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters over the fish and birds and all the animals.” And God said, “Look! I have given you the seed-bearing plants throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given all the grasses and other green plants to the animals and birds for their food.”

Psalm 139:13-17You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know it . . . Every day of my life was recorded in your book.

Leadership, in some sense, imitates the work of our Creator God. As such we are compelled toward order and organization simply by observing the way we were made. Leaders are “sub-creators” caring for the situations and people in our charge, seeking to provide an environment in which they can reach their full potential.

Genesis 2:15The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and care for it.

God charged human beings with the continuing work of bringing order out of chaos so that the earth would be fruitful. Organization is the holy task of ordering and administrating human and material resources and time in ways that brings out the best in people and situations.

Genesis 6:17“Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.

Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing. Everything on earth will die! But I solemnly swear to keep you safe in the boat, with 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 each kind of bird and each kind of animal, large and small alike, will come to you to be kept alive. And remember, take enough food for your family and for all the animals.

Genesis 41:39-40Then 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.”

Some believe that organization is human manipulation that drives (or at least omits) the Holy Spirit out of a situation. The testimony throughout Scripture, however, shows that God works in orderly ways. In fact, organization not only improves the quality of life, but can also literally save lives. Noah’s organizational skills, in obedience to God’s commands, preserved his life, his family’s lives and the animal species during the flood. Joseph was used by God to organize the Egyptian nation so that the future years of bumper crops could be stored and then distributed during the seven years of famine. Getting organized is a divine moment when God’s people create a strategy to complete a divine task.