For our discussion tomorrow, let's
look at Exodus 18:17-18
Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What
you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves
out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.
Things to think about:
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the background is Israel has left
Egypt and they are now in the desert
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The "government" has
formed with Moses as the leader of the nation and the people come to him
everyday to get him to settle their disputes
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Jethro, his father-in-law, sees
that he is working from morning until evening, wearing himself out as the sole
judge
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Jethro could have used Moses'
position of authority to enhance his own social position - "Have you seen
my son-in-law? He's the man!"
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Moses was fortunate because someone
cared enough about him to tell him the unvarnished truth - "what you are
doing is not good"
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have you been on the sending or
receiving end of a message like this recently?
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how did it go?
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later, we also see that Jethro did
more than identify a problem. Importantly, he also offered a viable solution.
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let's be the kind of friends who
come with help not just criticism
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Like many of us, Moses perhaps felt
that what he was doing was indispensable and no one else could really
do the job quite as well as him
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do you struggle with delegation?
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do you have trouble asking for
help?
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and, like many of us, we learned
through a restructuring or other change that maybe someone else can do my job
or at least the company didn't immediately fail when I left
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As we have said on a number
of occasions, God designed life to be a team sport
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are you in place where the
"work is too heavy for you, you cannot handle it alone"?
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How can we help?
Looking forward to seeing everyone
in the morning!
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