I pray you are having a great week! Just remember, no matter what is going on, GOD is right there with you. He will NEVER leave you or forsake you. He helps you through each and every battle. Aren't you glad you have a God that is always with you? I am. So many people tend to forget this very important factor. As long as God is with you, as long as He is there to prop you up, then you are going to make it! Be encouraged! Be filled with hope! Be energized with His power and His Spirit! OK, now that you KNOW God is with you, it's a perfect time to dive into what the Lord has for us today. Let's go!
Exodus 18:13-18 GW - The next day Moses was settling disagreements among the people. The people stood around Moses from morning until evening. (14) When Moses' father-in-law saw everything Moses was doing for the people, he asked, "Why are you doing this for the people? Why do you sit here alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?" (15) Moses answered his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to find out God's will. (16) Whenever they have a disagreement and bring it to me, I decide which person is right, and I tell them God's laws and instructions." (17) Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you're doing is not good. (18) You and your people will wear yourselves out. This is too much work for you. You can't do it alone!
What a GREAT lesson we could learn right here! OK, let's break it down into some NUGGETS OF TRUTH.
1. "Why do you sit here alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until evening?" Too often we ALL have the tendency to try to do EVERYTHING OURSELVES! That is NOT the way the Lord wants us to do things. Listen, just like Moses' father-in-law says here, "You will wear yourselves out!" There is a reason why God set up the BODY of CHRIST. He did this so no ONE PERSON has to do it all. Even though it may be easier if you were to "do it yourself" it is NOT always the best way to do things. I know it can be hard and frustrating to try to TEACH someone how to do what you do.......but we must do it anyway! If you are doing something that is worth doing, then it is also worth TRAINING someone else to do it. "But if I train someone to do what I do, then I will lose my job to them!" NO......what will happen is now that you have someone to DO what you were doing, God can PROMOTE you to something else! "But they can't do it as good as me!" Maybe not at first, but give them a chance. The same way God taught YOU, He can also teach them IF He is given the chance. DO NOT BE A LONE RANGER IN GOD'S KINGDOM!!! (18) "You and your people will wear yourselves out. This is too much work for you. You can't do it alone!"
2. "Because the people come to me to find out God's will." BEWARE of trying to tell someone else what the will of God is for their life! That is God's job! Now, if He gives you a word of knowledge or something – that’s different. But, I am talking about something else here. Do you want to know WHY people try to get YOU to tell them what God's Will is for their life? It is usually because they are TOO LAZY to get down on their face to find out for themselves! OUCH! That hurt! It's true though! So many people come to pastors and ask them this same question. Folks, even pastors cannot tell you what God wants to do in your life. They can give you general things the Bible says, but when it comes to specifics, you MUST go to the Lord for that kind of wisdom. And guess what? It takes WORK! Yes, W-O-R-K! But listen, anything that is worth anything is going to take work to acquire. The will of God for our lives is certainly worth whatever it takes to get it. It may mean we have to do some fasting! We may have to pray till we can't spit! we may have to get alone with the Lord for a whole weekend or something! The bottom line is, no matter what it takes, it's worth it.
Exodus 18:24 GW - Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said.
3. MOSES LISTENED! This is my final point for today. Moses listened. We need to bring back the lost art of "listening". Too often we don't want to hear what someone else thinks. We don't want their "opinion." Well, let me share something with you, usually NOT LISTENING is a sign of PRIDE in that person's life! OUCH again! Most of the time, the reason we don't want someone else's opinion is because we already think we know it all. Right? This creates problems because like I said earlier, God made the BODY of CHRIST so that each MEMBER works together with the others to make it complete. No one person has it all. Also, if we are not careful, the whole "not listening" thing spreads over into our spiritual life. We start thinking we don't even have to "listen" to God........because we already know it all. Well, I think we can agree this is certainly not the truth. We do NOT know it all! And THAT is why we need God AND the Body of Christ, which is made up of other people. Learn to listen!
I hope this helped you today. It helped me.
Have a blessed day!
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