13The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening. 14When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he asked, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone as judge, with all the people standing around you from morning till evening?”
15“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied. 16“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
17But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good. 18Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
“Sat… stood are technical terms of Semitic law, denoting ‘judge’ and ‘litigant’ respectively.” (Cole)
“Men called by God to lead are always in danger of attempting to encompass more than they are able.” (Morgan)
Moses was trying to do too much on his own!
“What you are doing is not good.” Jethro recognized Moses would wear himself out!
“You cannot handle it alone.”
When I was serving as a volunteer chaplain at the ASVH if it were not for the good men and women of the chaplain corps I would have worn myself out. We divided up the building in sections and performed visitations to everyone that was willing to see us. This ministry was too big for one person to handle.
“You cannot handle it alone.”
Are you serving in a ministry and wearing yourself out? If so, pray about expanding it!
Blessings, David
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