Do Others Depend on You?

How wonderful it is when we can depend on people to do the right thing. When the children do their chores, when employees complete their tasks, when Christians are at their place of ministry on time and ready to serve.

Some people say dogs are dependable. They greet you with a wagging tale and a licking tongue no matter what time you get home.

Seriously, dependability is one of the critical factors that make people successful in life.

In his book Run with the Bulls, Tim Irwin describes dependable people as individuals who...

...plan, organize, and finish their projects. They follow through---you can rely on them to get things done. They are purposeful, determined, and have very high standards.

This kind of faithful and dependable ethic elicits trust from others, especially managers and supervisors. Irwin continues to state:

A manager finds it incredibly refreshing when an employee discovers a problem and then exercises initiative to address that problem in a capable way before the manager even knows about it.

Dependable people use their wits and resources to solve problems or come up with possible solutions even before they take it up the chain of command.

Dependability is part of being faithful - using what God has given us to the best of our ability for his glory.

Now, a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful.

1 Cor 4:2 NLT

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