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ARE YOU THE RIGHT PERSON FOR GOD'S WORK?
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A little known firm which specializes in analyzing candidates for management
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positions in various organizations recently uncovered some old files
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which throw some interesting light on what some might consider essential
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skills and abilities for Christian service. I quote from the report:
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To: Jesus son of Joseph regarding:
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12 candidates for management positions.
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Dear sir,
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Thank you for submitting the resumes of the twelve men you have picked for
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positions in your new organization. All of them have now taken our battery of
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tests; and we have not only run the results through our computer, but also
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arranged personal interviews for each of them with our psychologist and
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vocational aptitude consultant. It is the staff opinion that most of your
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nominees are lacking in backround, education and vocational aptitude for the
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type of enterprise you are undertaking. They do not have the team concept. We
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would recommend that you continue your search for persons of experience in
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managerial abiluty and proven capability.
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* Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of temper.
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* Andrew has absolutely no qualities of leadership.
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* The two brothers, James and John, place personal interest above company
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loyalty.
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* Thomas demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to undermine
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morale.
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* We feel that it is our duty to tell you that Matthew has been blacklisted
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by the greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau.
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* James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeaus definitely have radical leanings,
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and they both register a high score on the manic depressive scale.
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One of the candidates, however, shows great potential. He is a man of ability
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and resourcefulness, meets people well, has a keen business mind and has
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contacts in high places. He is highly motivated, ambitious and responsible.
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We recommend Judas Iscariot as your controller and right-hand man.
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Sincerely yours,
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Management Consultants Inc.
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(and you thought that things had changed a lot over the last 2000 years.)
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'If any one serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my
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servant also be; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.' John 12:26
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