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“Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.”

Genesis 2:15

Have you ever been hired or employed at a company without being given a job or role description? If you have, how did you feel working there?

Knowing your role and responsibilities helps you to determine what is expected of you, how qualified you are for the role, to identify your training needs, to benchmark your performance, and to focus your time and energy. Typically, when you become employed by a company, you are given a job description by those who hired you, which helps you to identify how the company expects you to add value to the business.

Every human is a miracle and inherently valuable; that you have been appointed to be born attests to that, knowing that at the very modest end of the scale, the odds of your being born is 1 in 400 trillion!

Throughout your life’s journey, you will have many different roles to play and at different stages of life. Some examples being, at some stage, you might be a child, a student, an adult, a husband, a wife, a parent, a brother, a sister, an employee, an employer, a grandparent and so on.

When God created Adam, he was given his role and reponsibilities by God who made him. Adam was to cultivate and dress the garden where God had placed him. For some years now in our family, at the beginning of every new year, we have been developing a tradition of giving each other the opportunity to communicate how we can continue to be of value to one another. As a parent, it is fascinating to see the value my children want me to add as they grow. I must admit that I do not always manage to exceed expectations or even meet them, but it is never for lack of trying.

Understanding the expectations placed on you by your spouse, parents, children, siblings will help you to manage those expectations and identify areas for personal growth and development. Give opportunity to those to whom you have a duty of care to communicate their needs. This will help to foster healthy and fulfilling relationships.

“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”

Mark 10:51

Seeing the value in doing this in my own family, be encouraged to try it with your own family. Ask your spouse, children, parents, siblings and any other person to whom you have a duty of care, how you can be of value to them. Allow them to communicate what they need from you. Then appraise yourself and with God’s help, begin to do what you can, starting today.