When leaders delegate, they’re assigning part of their own work to someone else so the leaders can focus on that which is most important for them to do. While they’re able to pass on the responsibility with the needed authority to best accomplish the task, they can’t empower that person in the truest sense.
Empowerment for Impacting Ministry Comes from God
So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” (1 Cor. 3:7)
Only God truly empowers when we delegate. Let’s trust Him to work in and through others to whom a task is delegated.
Order the Steering the Church Toward God’s Power Leadership Guide for a biblical example of delegating and trusting God to empower and the result of doing so. This resource also looks at 24 other tasks and responsibilities of leaders in need of the power of God.
All Posts about Delegation:
- What Does Delegation Have to do with Love?
- Delegation Done Purposefully
- Basis for Delegating
- Lessons about Delegation from Jesus
- Christ-like Goal in Delegating
- What If Jesus Hadn’t Delegated?
- Only God Truly Empowers
- Delegation Influenced by the Gospel
- Delegation Influenced by Grace
- Leaders’ Spiritual Gifting May Affect Delegating
- Who to Delegate to Based on Spiritual Gifts
- Avoiding Pitfalls of Delegation
- Delegation Enveloped in Prayer
- Delegation Because of the Resurrected Jesus
- Realistically View Delegation
- Delegation Protected in the Name of the Lord
- Delegation Learned Through the Word
- Leaders Who are Good Stewards Tend to Delegate More
- Delegation Propelled by the Holy Spirit