Sunday, March 21, 2010

The activity of an Administrator



Nigel Ring
The Jesus Model!
Mark 6:37 – 38 “But He answered and said to them, ‘You give them something to eat.’ And they said to Him, ‘Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?’ But He said to them, ‘How many loaves do you have? Go and see.’ And when they found out they said, ‘Five, and two fish.”

Debriefing is an important part of Administration. Jesus did this.
Look at what resources are available (What have we got against what we are going to do) need to achieve the feeding of the 5000. Important to know where you are going.

V39 – 40: “Then He commanded them (disciples)to make them (people) all sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.” He is re-establishing authority, managing people. Who do we go to? Creating order

V41: “And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.” Exercise faith (Jesus fully man and fully God) Delegation took place. This can be a very strategic training operation.

V42: “So they all ate and were filled.” Mission accomplished

For the administrator, achieving of the goal is not the end but cleaning up afterwards.

V44: “Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.” The disciples knew how many people were there (grouped in 50’s and 100’s)

Summarised by Molly Manhanga

“Jesus is our GREATEST example of an administrator. Praise God!”

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