Bulletin for Sun. 6th May, 2018

THE POWER OF URGENCY – TEXT:  DAN. 3:22

DEFINITION OF TERM(S):

URGENT:  Very important and needing immediate attention showing that something is very important and needs immediate attention.

This is synonymous with such words as PRESSING, BURNING, COMPELLING, IMPERATIVE, INSTANT.

INTRODUCTION:

The background to our text has to do with refusal of the three Hebrew men to bow down to the golden image made by King Nebuchadnezzar.

God was with them because they stood their ground for the Most High God.  They refused to BOW yet they were not BURNT.

Our focus however bothers on the URGENCY of the directives of the King.  Today we as privileged members of the standing committee in AVMCC must carry out the instruction of THE KING OF KINGS with the URGENCY it requires vs 22.

1. POINTS  TO NOTE
2. More often than not, the difference between organisation that THRIVE and those that STRUGGLE is the sense of URGENCY they bring into their operations.
3. Holding meetings endlessly to generate IDEAS without a commensurate level of EXECUTION amounts to lack of URGENCY which leads to STAGNATION.
4. The effectiveness of any meeting is determined by the action generated. One either MEETS or WORKS. Both are not realistic at the same time.
5. Urgency is the activation of action and acceleration of process. Urgency is factoring time into actions and operations of organisations.  It has to do with being conscious of time in delivering on targets.
6. Great ideas occur from time to time. The ones that profit from such ideas are the ones that activate same and do not spend more time than necessary discussing them.  It is action taken on the IDEAS generated that brings about positive changes in the life of an organisation.
7. Goals are achieved by those who waste no time in acting while those who keep discussing the ideas stay on the same spot.

SOME DANGERS OF NOT BEING URGENT (CASE STUDY NIGERIA CIVIL SERVICE)

• Corruption is imminent where a sense of urgency is lacking.
• Resources are mishandled, misapplied and eventually misappropriated.
• Time is wasted. What could be done in five minutes takes five days , months, years or more.
• Resources are squandered
• Stagnation sets in … Page 18.

AVMCC BULLETIN FOR 6TH MAY, 2018