Bible Study September 19, 2023
Exodus 18:18-19 (ESV)
18 “You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone. 19 Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,”
In my business career I was privileged to work for some great people and some not so great. One in particular fits in the second category. I seldom called him because I didn’t think I needed to talk to him. He said to me one day “you never call me as much as the other managers do.” I have a problem sometimes talking before I think lots of responses run through my mind so I have learned to think then speak. I explained to him I was hired to do the job they had placed me in. I guess he felt he could do the job better than me.
However, one of the difficult things for me was to delegate but it makes the job easier. Moses may have thought he could do the job better than anyone else until his father-in-law Jethro spoke to him. Jethro had a great idea for Moses to share the work – delegate.
Its not easy to delegate it takes trust, competence, and a willingness to give up control. But when you do it gives you an opportunity to build into the lives of your friends and associates. By delegating we add value to others. We will build new relationships and new bonds of friendship.
If we are a controller time to turn it over.
God Bless.
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