Divine Delegation is the Master Secret

		Divine Delegate! Divine Delegation is the master secret of achievement. The Prayer and Prophetic assignment can not be delegated.  The person that knows what to do will always have a job. The person that knows why will always be the boss.  Appoint and designate a regular time and place to meet the Holy Spirit Appoint and designate the time of your daily prayer Appoint and designate the time of your daily focus and appointment Appoint and designate the time for praise, worship Appoint and designate regular time with friends and family Appoint and designate a time to fill your life with laughter  Appoint and desinate a regular time to fill your tanks Designate the time of your daily reading about your prophetic assignment Select 7 task that you can accomplish today  Select 7 task that others can do Educator Howard Hendricks once noted, "Any time you do for someone else what they are capable of doing for themselves, you are helping to create an emotional cripple."  As leaders, our job is to develop leaders, not just good followers.  God wants everyone serving. Ephesians 4:11-13 and 1 Peter 4:10,11 make that point clear.  Leaders are developed as we entrust them with greater levels of responsibility and decision making  Delegation is the master secret because it accomplishes three task. Delegation is giving a task for someone else to perform. Delegation is one of the attributes of a great Mentor. A mentor will create a reward system for His protégés. A senior master architect will surround himself with Protégés and junior partners.  A master architect can do the work of ten architects, or get ten architects to do the job. DL Moody said " I would rather get 10 men working than to have to do the work of ten men." Jesus is the master "Architect". Master-builder translates architekton from which the English word "architect" is derived. A tekton was an ordinary carpenter. The architekton was a combination architect and craftsman/contractor. Read Matthew 14.  The junior and protégés gain influence by associating themselves with the master architect.  The Protégés and junior partners gain influence in the building industry as they master the architectural task. The Mentor accomplishes accomplishes the task The Mentors strengthens his authority Delegation is the master secret because it accomplishes three task. Delegation Gives God the Glory           Matthew 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Delegation Lets others get the sunshine Matthew 14:16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. Delegation Gets the task accomplished Matthew 14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. Supper for Five Thousand  Matthew 14:13-14When Jesus got the news, he slipped away by boat to an out-of-the-way place by himself. But unsuccessfully—someone saw him and the word got around. Soon a lot of people from the nearby villages walked around the lake to where he was. When he saw them coming, he was overcome with pity and healed their sick.  15Toward evening the disciples approached him. "We're out in the country and it's getting late. Dismiss the people so they can go to the villages and get some supper."  16But Jesus said, "There is no need to dismiss them. You give them supper."  17"All we have are five loaves of bread and two fish," they said.  18-21Jesus said, "Bring them here." Then he had the people sit on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, lifted his face to heaven in prayer, blessed, broke, and gave the bread to the disciples. The disciples then gave the food to the congregation. They all ate their fill. They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers. About five thousand were fed.   Present a task that is possible and doable: do they have competent, capable, authority, capability Write your instructions Email Follow up your email with a telephone call Define the task in explicit terms Decide and Make a deadline for the task to be accomplished Describe thetask in detail with explicit instructions Choose people who are trust worthy Reward the person you designate Create a time line for the job by  day and time Build in time for clarification-ask the person if they have questions Clear goals-definable goals Check and recheck- follow up Select 7 task you can do and  7 task that others can do   God is looking for designated Player to accomplish His will on earth. The designated player will compensate for human weakness and disobedience. The inability to focus and complete a task is the inheritance and birth right of man and the disappointment and enemy of God. Adam God delegated his authority to name the animals to Adam. God chose and entrusted the earth to the frailty of Adam. But, He had to use Jesus the 2nd Adam to save creation.  God also delegated Noah to the building of the ark.  Stephen and Philip were promoted because they were faithful deacons. Philip became a great evangelist. Stephen became the churches first martyr. Adam became a participant in creation.  Noah was promoted from ship builder/architect to builder/architect of the altar of God and (2nd Adam typology) tiller of the soil. When should a person Delegate.  The Prayer and Prophetic assignment can not be delegated. We delegate when our responsibilities are greater than our capacities (time, energy or abilities are the factors).   Luke 22:39-46 (The Message) 41-44 He pulled away from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed, "Father, remove this cup from me. But please, not what I want. What do you want?" At once an angel from heaven was at his side, strengthening him. He prayed on all the harder. Sweat, wrung from him like drops of blood, poured off his face.  45-46He got up from prayer, went back to the disciples and found them asleep, drugged by grief. He said, "What business do you have sleeping? Get up. Pray so you won't give in to temptation."   Your Responsibilities                                                        ­                                        ¬Your Capacities®                                                        ¯     Delegation will reveal the three types of people.  Delegation by direction (specific job description or checklist) Delegation by coaching (coach him along and advise him until he succeeds) Job by Delegation  (just turn it over to him/her) In his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Steven Covey writes: "With immature people, you specify fewer desired results and more guidelines, identify more resources, conduct more frequent accountability interviews, and apply more immediate consequences.  With more mature people, you have more challenging desired results, fewer guidelines, less frequent accountability, and less measurable but more discernable criteria."