Dan Randall Devotions: Who Is On Your Team?

How do you pick who you have around you?

It is crucial that we first choose who we have around us and how much influence those around us have.
In some setting such as work or church there are some people who are in our lives because they are our leaders. We should always respect them, but is our choice how much we let them influence us.
1 Timothy 3 v 1-16
Paul is giving more instructions to Timothy about the church, this time he is directing him in how to pick his leadership team and oversees. Timothy needs to pick who he wants leading and who he wants around him.
God places different people in our lives and God uses them to make a profound effect on our lives.
Jesus picked his team wisely, here are the people he picked and what they did::

They were all different and had varying personalities.
Mark 1 v 16-20 - "¹⁶ One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. ¹⁷ Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” ¹⁸ And they left their nets at once and followed him.¹⁹ A little farther up the shore Jesus saw Zebedee’s sons, James and John, in a boat repairing their nets. ²⁰ He called them at once, and they also followed him, leaving their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired men."
The first disciple to come to Jesus wasn't the one to succeed the most. Andrew came first and yet Peter was the one who Jesus chose as His closest.
Some people say Jesus picked a bunch of drop outs and some people didn't even like. If Jesus wanted to do well straight away He would have picked the nicest people in town. He was showing people the grace of God by the people He had in His team.
The culture of Galilee and the three towns in the Orthodox triangle was a rabbinic culture where people would ask lots of questions to gain understanding. These men were asking the right questions.
I think when Jesus picked His he was looking for 4 key factors in people::

Jesus knew they weren't all perfect and that they were un-polished diamonds and He saw the potential in them.
What factors do we look for when recruiting leaders or people to our team?
Character, Chemistry and Commitment are the most important two, because they can't be taught.
Competency can be taught and so not everyone needs to competent but there needs to be a glint or spark of talent in that area.
Who will you recruit to your team?

Dan Randall Devotions