The Daily CHEW™
Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals
You know you should delegate. Every productivity book says so. Your assistant has asked what she can take off your plate — again — and you said the same thing you said last week: “I’ve got it.” But you do not have it. You have a SALVES driver running underneath the to-do list that is quietly robbing someone else of the growth God intended for them.
I am writing this with conviction because I caught it in myself this week. My assistant Claire is fantastic — humble, hungry, eager to serve, theologically sharp, and committed to a growth mindset. She always asks what she can take off my plate. And too often I say some version of: in the time it takes me to explain it and make sure it is done well, I could have done it myself. Sometimes I tell myself it is about quality — I have been doing some form of this work for longer than she has been alive.
But the reality hit me mid-week and I teared up writing this: my number one SALVES driver, Significance, and my number three driver, Security, have conspired to rob Claire of a way she can grow — and to rob me of doing what I do best. I have Developer in my top five CliftonStrengths. I love helping people reach their God-given potential. And yet I have not been doing that to the full extent I could with the person closest to my daily work — only because I am not trusting God the way I need to.
Saturday’s anchor — The Leader Everyone Trusts — taught that trust is built through seven consistent practices. But trust also means trusting God enough to release work He intends for someone else’s hands. Even if it takes longer to explain now, time will be saved every future time I no longer have to do it. I repent.
Clarity
What task am I protecting that God intends for someone else’s growth — and which SALVES driver is keeping me from pressing the delegate button? Use your feelings chart and take a one-word emotional pulse on the thought of handing it over.
Hear
“And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2, ESV). God does not design leaders to carry everything. Scripture reveals that entrusting work to faithful people is not a concession — it is a command. God multiplies impact through delegation. He reshapes how you steward your capacity when you trust that His provision flows through others, not only through you.
Exchange
If I really believed God’s love is multiplying enough that He works through the people around me — not just through my own hands — how would that change the task I have been refusing to release?
Walk (30–90 seconds)
Name one task you have been doing yourself that your assistant, colleague, or team member has the capacity to handle. Before the day ends, send one message: “I would like to hand this to you. Here is what I need. Can we walk through it together this week?” That single message is an act of trust in God’s provision through others. If this is the only thing I do from this CHEW today, it is enough.
With you on the journey,
Ryan
If you had to put this into one sentence for today, what would you say God is inviting you to rest in or return to?
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