Leadership Gifts
HE SPEAKS THROUGH THE GIFT OF RULING
1 Thess 5:12-13 NKJV
And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
The Gift to Rule is similar to owning a business, but not necessarily working at the business location. This has the proficiency to chart a plan of action to sustain the business, but not necessarily the one to carry it out. Although the ruler has his own labors in the business, he relies upon others to accomplish his plan.
Within a church, the Gift of Ruling would normally be the pastor. And within a ministry, it would normally be the head minister. Both have the vision for the DNA of the ministry they are presiding over or maintaining.
The Gift to Rule has the ability to see the overall whole of where something or someone is going. I know a man who has this gift. He has the ability to see trends coming and going from a long way off, in people’s lives, in politics, in spiritual issues, in the market place, and most any place in life. He always has had a unique ability to collect facts from miscellaneous places, and come up with something profound. He seems to collect it all, rolls it around a while, then comes up with a punch-line that grips the heart with understanding. It’s as though his brain is this huge melting pot of interesting sources of information, then when the Lord would like to make something out of the melted glob, out pops the gift.
The Gift to Rule within Jesus’ body is like having the mind of Christ. Next time someone gives you an insight of an overall trend, or perhaps purpose, listen, for it may very well be a gift from the Master. He is the Master Planner and receives great satisfaction in sharing His secrets. It is a double pleasure when we recognize Him as the Source.
HE SPEAKS THROUGH THE GIFT OF GOVERNMENTS
Ex 18:17-23 NKJV
So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good. 18 Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out. For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself. 19 Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you: Stand before God for the people, so that you may bring the difficulties to God. 20 And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. 21 Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they themselves shall judge. So it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you. 23 If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all this people will also go to their place in peace.”
The Gift of Governments is the ability to administer a plan for the one who has the Gift of Ruling. The one with this Gift of Administration (or Governments) is like a manager who follows the direction of the one who owns the business. He shares the burden of that one who has the master plan, facilitating all the details.
A smart Administrator is really a facilitator. They find the most efficient way to delegate the operations to get the job done. Gift of Administration is to learn how to facilitate the resources available: people’s skills and availability. Then the manager restructures job assignments to better fit the people, and better fit the overall goal. In the end, this relieves the manager so that he may facilitate the workers towards the goal instead of becoming buried in the details.
Managers are intelligent, have people skills, office skills, and jack-of-all-trade skills, and it is difficult for them to let go and delegate. They work long hours. But they truly come into their gifting to facilitate once they learn how.
The Gift of Administration has the ability to see the need and dispatch others to fix it. He organizes and facilitates towards an overall goal. We can see the Lord’s heartbeat surge through His body when His administrator dispatches life to all the cells. Next time you rub shoulders with an administrator, hear the strength of the Lord’s pounding heart to reach the goal of delivering life. His power is mighty, and His flow is strong.
