Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart – Ephesians 6:6
“Mavis, close the door and have a seat,” Darryl instructed. “Yes, Sir. Is there a problem?” Mavis asked, as she complied. “Complaints that you’ve been micromanaging your employees on a task you assigned them. The key to being a good manager is written on the poster behind me: ’Take your hands off what you’ve handed over.’ On that note, how’s the project I delegated to you coming along? Is it going smoothly?” Darryl inquired. “I think now that I’ve heard my employees’ complaints and that I need to take my hands off of it, it will, Sir,” Mavis assured.
You’ve been Mavis. This was my observation as I reflected on those occasions when I had micromanaged God’s handling of my prayer requests. I allowed my inability to see proof to make me doubt His involvement, and thereby I took on Thomas’s disbelief in Jesus’ resurrection, in which he was nicknamed “Doubting Thomas.” Then there were instances when I had been assigned a task and passed it along to someone else. Such behavior had been King Saul’s undoing when he wrongfully delegated God’s directives to his army, as told in 1 Samuel 15.
I’m learning that delegation is an important feature in a relationship with God. It’s a reciprocal agreement that begins with prayer requests—trusting He’ll take care of them. Then it’s about being obedient and doing what’s been assigned, without choosing to delegate it to anyone else.