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Ezekiel provides inspirational analogies to organizational management. For instance, is
your organization prepared to be…
“…great and mighty…- like a cedar of Lebanon, full of thick branches and forest shade, with its head high up among the clouds. Its roots went deep into the moist earth. It grew luxuriantly and gave streamlets of water to all the trees around. It towered above all the other trees. It prospered and grew long think branches because of all the water at its roots. The birds nested in its branches, and in its shade the flocks and herds gave birth to young. All the great nations of the world lived beneath its shadow. It was strong and beautiful, for its roots went deep to water. This tree was taller than any other in the garden of God; no cypress had branches equal to it; none had boughs to compare; none equaled it in beauty. Because of the magnificence that I gave it, it was the envy of all the other trees of Eden.”
Ezekiel 31: 2-9 (TLB)
FOCUS: Your organization’s structure and services should position you to be as
the Cedar of Lebanon, creating a “well-spring” effect.
- “Then he brought me back to the door of the Temple. …I saw the stream
flowing along on the south side [of the eastern passageway]. Measuring as he
went, he took me 1,500 feet east along the stream and told me to go across. At
this point the water was up to my ankles. Another 1,500 feet and it had become
a river so deep I wouldn’t be able to get across unless I were to swim. It was too
deep to cross on foot.”
Ezekiel 47: 1-3, 5 (TLB)
FOCUS: You provide needed assistance to those persons your organization serves. Those persons who gift time, talents, and resources to your organization need guidance and counseling as well.
“He told me to keep in mind what I had seen, then led me back along the bank. And now, to my surprise, many trees were growing on both sides of the river!” ‘He told me: “This river flows east through the desert and the Jordan Valley to the Dead Sea, where it will heal the salty waters and make them fresh and pure. Everything touching the water of this river shall live. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will be healed. Wherever this water flows, everything will live.”’
Ezekiel 47: 6-9 (TLB)
“All kinds of fruit trees will grow along the river banks. The leaves will
never turn brown and fall, and there will always be fruit. There will be a new crop every month - without fail! For they are watered by the river flowing from the Temple. The fruit will be for food and the leaves for medicine.
Ezekiel 47:12 (TLB)
FOCUS: Endowing assists an organization’s ability to positively influence the community, by providing continuing services into the future.
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