I Can Do Bad All By Myself!

"I can do bad all by myself" -Tyler Perry (from his film)


The book of Judges in the Bible speaks of how Deborah, the prophetess, judged and led the people of Israel into a major victory, by taking charge of the army from Barak, the commander. Barak, the commander of the military forces was like the executive, and Deborah would have been considered an associate of the company. As an associate, Deborah organized projects for Barak, that he would get credit for. Barak lost self-confidence and faltered under pressure from organizing the project plans himself, but he still wanted credit for someone else stepping up to take charge. Barak would have brainstormed with his top generals and commanders in the boardroom, about putting together a winning project. Except, Deborah as the associate- managed the whole operation, by stepping up to use her gifts and experience sent from the Almighty.

Of course, Barak had talent, but he collapsed when his associate Deborah, would not allow herself to be taken advantage of, like a servant, by laying all the credit at the feet of an incompetent procrastinator, who did not have the “by any means necessary” attitude to complete the project himself. So, she promoted herself, and quit the associate position to run her own company of men. Deborah took people from the old company that would join her new venture. Or you could say she bought out the company and ran it herself.