"Some time later, as the number of disciples kept growing, there was a quarrel between the Greek-speaking Jews and the native Jews. The Greek-speaking Jews claimed that their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution of funds. So the twelve apostles called the whole group of believers together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the preaching of God's word in order to handle finances. So then, brothers, choose seven men among you who are known to be full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will put them in charge of this matter. We ourselves, then will give our full time to prayer and the work of preaching."
This reading clearly shows that different persons have different core gifts. Assuming a role which is not in line with your core gift will only compromise your overall performance. I always hear Bo Sanchez speak about the need to focus on your core gift because that is essentially what you are called to do. Focus is of the essence if you want to be able to succeed in whatever you do. Doing several things at one time will dilute all your efforts.
According to Lloyd Reeb in his book "From Success to Significance", we ought to list down all the works and responsibilities we are handling at the moment. From the list, we should prioritize only at the most, 5 responsibilities which we cannot give up and discard all other responsibilities that only serves to keep us out of focus. Primary factor that will determine prioritization is LOVE. Roles as wife/husband, parents, etc should therefore be included because these roles require that we allot time for it. If we are not finding fulfilment and satisfaction in our source of income, then we ought to determine what is truly our core gift. Because performing our core gift will lead us to our perfect vocation and profession. There are different gifts at work in each of us. Building God's Kingdom requires that each person should discover this core gift.
In Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Individual", he explains that doing the 20% which we are good at and leaving the 80% to be done by other people who are good at it will produce more effective results than doing all the work yourself. The theory also states that it only takes 20% of our efforts to product 80% of the results that we need, if only we know what we do best. The scriptural reading above clearly shows us that even the apostles are practicing the 80/20 Principle. They know that they are good at preaching and not at handling finances. So they tasked someone who is good at it to do the work for them. They all had different tasks to perform and they relied on each other's bests to perform those tasks so that everyone contributed in building the Kingdom in their own ways.
According to Lloyd Reeb in his book "From Success to Significance", we ought to list down all the works and responsibilities we are handling at the moment. From the list, we should prioritize only at the most, 5 responsibilities which we cannot give up and discard all other responsibilities that only serves to keep us out of focus. Primary factor that will determine prioritization is LOVE. Roles as wife/husband, parents, etc should therefore be included because these roles require that we allot time for it. If we are not finding fulfilment and satisfaction in our source of income, then we ought to determine what is truly our core gift. Because performing our core gift will lead us to our perfect vocation and profession. There are different gifts at work in each of us. Building God's Kingdom requires that each person should discover this core gift.
In Richard Koch's book "The 80/20 Individual", he explains that doing the 20% which we are good at and leaving the 80% to be done by other people who are good at it will produce more effective results than doing all the work yourself. The theory also states that it only takes 20% of our efforts to product 80% of the results that we need, if only we know what we do best. The scriptural reading above clearly shows us that even the apostles are practicing the 80/20 Principle. They know that they are good at preaching and not at handling finances. So they tasked someone who is good at it to do the work for them. They all had different tasks to perform and they relied on each other's bests to perform those tasks so that everyone contributed in building the Kingdom in their own ways.
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