Nehemiah 3:1 - Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel.How easy would it have been for HIGH PRIEST to just delegate the task of rebuilding the wall? That position was... well... high. For me, delegation comes naturally - too naturally. It's not because I don't like to work, I just know that the task requires more than just my skill so others must participate. The problem I stumble over a lot is not putting the right people on the right tasks. The downfall of this logic is a lack of getting my hands dirty. If I work side by side with all of us that are trying to complete the task, I'll see the weaknesses and holes and be able to fill them. But that's uncomfortable - that's admitting that we're on the same level. It's comfortable to be the boss - the delegaTOR.
It really comes down to investment - am I willing to invest in people? The task then is the source of the issue - too often we make the task "winning" people, when it should be investing in them no matter what their spiritual decision may be at the end of the service on Sunday. Winning the lost is short-sited. Continuous life change was Jesus' goal and should be ours.
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