MFM Daily Devotional 7 November 2022
TOPIC: Effective Delegation of a Leadership Secret (VII)
Memory Verse
Acts 6:3 – “Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
Motivational Quote
If you delegate tasks, you create followers. If you create authority, you create leaders.
Fire Scripture: Acts 6: 1-7
Prophetic Word
Today, I decree that the mercy and favour of God will qualify you for what no one has ever achieved in your family, in the name of Jesus.
MFM Daily Devotional 7 November 2022 OUTLINE
Effective delegation highly benefits the team member or members to whom responsibilities are entrusted as well as the delegator. Today, we shall focus on the benefits of delegation. For a team member, delegation is an affirmation that the leader or organization believes in you – that you are capable of succeeding in the task assigned to you. It is says, “You can do it!”
It also says, “We are a part of a team and are all counting on you to do your part.” As someone put it, delegation helps others to “own” the ministry or organization. It develops new abilities and a sense of contribution to the team or organization. To delegate to others expands the level of competence and confidence in another.
Delegation helps you access the capabilities of those in your organization or ministry. For instance, in Acts 6, the apostles needed to focus on the ministry of the word and prayer and to effectively carry out their primary calling. They, therefore, appointed seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom and delegated the task of serving tables to them. Two of these deacons, Philip, the great evangelist, and Stephen, the first martyr, went to enter God’s history book.
Because they were faithful in a very little thing”, God gave them the opportunity to be faithful in much. As a leader, what benefits will you get when you delegate effectively? First, the delegation will keep you from putting too many irons in the proverbial fire (Exodus 18). It will also allow you to focus on priorities and on planning as well as organizing. Second, when you delegate, you build trust, open communication and engagement among your team members.
When you don’t delegate, your team members will be afraid to take initiative and bring new ideas to the table for the actualization of the team’s common goal. However, when your team members realize that their ideas, skills, and talents are being utilized, they will feel appreciated, encouraged and fulfilled. Beloved, I counsel you to delegate and become free to focus on higher-value activities.
MFM DAILY PRAYER POINTS 7TH NOVEMBER 2022
MORNING
1. Father, help me to be faithful in very little things and reward me with much, in the name of Jesus.
2. Father, make me a man/woman of honest report, in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, fill me with the Holy Spirit and wisdom, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. I will build trust, open communication and engagement in my team, in the name of Jesus.
5. I receive the grace to delegate and use my time more productively, in the name of Jesus.
6. I receive the grace to identify who is best suited for tasks in my team, in the name of Jesus.
Bible In One Year
Matthew 27; Marks 15
