INS:Are you the right person for God's work?

   A little known firm which specializes in analyzing candidates for
management positions in various organizations recently uncovered some
old files which throw some interesting light on what some might
consider essential skills and abilities for Christian service. I quote
from the report:

   To: Jesus Son of Joseph 

   Regarding: 12 Candidates for management positions.

   Dear sir,

   Thank you for submitting the resumes of the twelve men you have
picked for positions in your new organization. All of them have now
taken our battery of tests; and we have not only run the results
through our computer, but also arranged personal interviews for each of
them with our psychologist and vocational aptitude consultant.

   It is the staff opinion that most of your nominees are lacking in
background, education and vocational aptitude for the type of
enterprise you are undertaking. They do not have the team concept. We
would recommend that you continue your search for persons of experience
in managerial ability and proven capability.

   Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of temper.
Andrew has absolutely no qualities of leadership. The two brothers,
James and John, place personal interest above company loyalty. Thomas
demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to undermine
morale. We feel that it is our duty to tell you that Matthew has been
blacklisted by the Greater Jerusalem Better Business Bureau. James, the
son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeaus definitely have radical leanings, and
they both register a high score on the manic depressive scale.

   One of the candidates, however, shows great potential. He is a man
of ability and resourcefulness, meets people well, has a keen business
mind and has contacts in high places. He is highly motivated, ambitious
and responsible. We recommend Judas Iscariot as your controller and
right-hand man.

   Sincerely yours, Management Consultants Inc.

   (And you thought that things had changed a lot over the last 2000
years.)

   "If any one serves Me, let him follow me; and where I am, there
shall My servant also be; If any one serves Me, the Father will honor
Him." John 12:26

   From Journal of Irreproducible Results

   Computers for Christ - Chicago
