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Cure For Weariness Series Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 17, 2012 (message contributor) Summary: If you want relief from your weariness, don’t get busy; get help! Get help, first of all, from Jesus Himself, then from those He has placed in your life. Give God the praise, and give others the power. This last week, I came across some notes supposedly found on hospital charts, and I thought you might enjoy them as I did: • The patient refused autopsy. • Note: Patient recovering from forehead cut. Patient became very angry when given an enema by mistake. • Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year. • On the second day, the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared. • The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993. • She is numb from her toes down. • While in ER, she was examined, x-rated, and sent home. • Patient was alert and unresponsive. • I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy. • The lab test indicated abnormal lover function. • Skin: Somewhat pale but present. • Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities. (Marshall Shelley, www.PreachingToday.com) No doubt, these were probably written by some sleepy intern or frazzled nurse. But that describes most people in our society today – underpaid, overworked and weary. Perhaps, it describes you these days. It certainly described Moses in the days after God used him to free the Israelites from Egypt. He was leading 2 to 3 million people across the wilderness, putting up with their constant grumbling, and trying to settle their many disputes. It was wearing him down, but even he found some relief in the company of an old friend, his father-in-law, who gave him some good advice. If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to Exodus 18, Exodus 18, where we discover God’s cure for our weariness in the advice of Moses’ father-in-law. Exodus 18:1-5 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have become an alien in a foreign land”; and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, “My father’s God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.” Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ sons and wife, came to him in the desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God (NIV) – that’s Mount Sinai. Exodus 18:6-7 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.” So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. Moses had lived 40 years with his father-in-law before he went back to Egypt. Now, after the stress of dealing with Pharaoh, the grumbling of 2 to 3 million Israelites, and an attack by the Amalekites, it must have felt good to be home again with his family. Exodus 18:8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the Lord had saved them. Moses gave God the glory for all that was done! Moses didn’t brag about what he had done. Instead, he bragged about what GOD had done. Exodus 18:9-11 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. He said, “Praise be to the Lord, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” Because Moses gave God the praise, his father-in-law became a believer in Israel’s God, YHWH. Verse 1 says, “He was THE priest of Midian” – i.e., the CHIEF priest of a pagan religion. Now, he worships YHWH because of Moses’ witness. Exodus 18:12 Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God. In-laws, family members, and all the leaders of Israel rejoiced together over what God had done. This was a praise party, which I’m sure went a long way towards relieving the weariness in Moses’ own soul. Moses gave praise to God, and that’s what we must do if we want to relieve the weariness in our own souls. GIVE GOD THE PRAISE. Assign God the glory. Give God the credit for all your accomplishments. 1st of all, praise is refreshing to the soul. Nehemiah 8:10 says, “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” But even more so, praise helps us realize who’s really in control. When we begin to think that it is all up to us, life’s responsibilities can be overwhelming. But when we realize that GOD is the one in charge, then that takes the pressure off. 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प्रस्थान अध्याय 18 मोशाका ससूरा यित्रो मिद्यानका पूजाहारी थिए। यित्रोले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई परमेश्वरले धैरे प्रकारले सघाएको सुन्नुभयो यित्रोले इस्राएली मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुले मिश्रबाट बाहिर ल्याएको कुरा पनि सुने। 2 यसर्थ यित्रो मोशा कहाँ गए, यित्रोले मोशाकी पत्नी सिप्पोराहलाई पनि संगै ल्याए (मोशाले सिप्पोरालाई तिनको घरमा पठाएका थिए) किनभने मोशाले उसलाई घर पठाएका थिए। 3 यित्रोले मोशाका दुइ छोराहरूलाई पनि संगै ल्याए। जेठो छोरोको नाउँ गेर्शोम थियो कारण जति बेला छोरो जन्मेको थियो, मोशाले भने, “म परदेशमा प्रवासी भइ रहें।” 4 अर्को छोरोको नाउँ एलीएजेर राखियो, किनभने जब ऊ जन्मियो तब मोशाले भने, “मेरो पिता-पुर्खाहरू परमेश्वरले मलाई सहायता गर्नु भयो अनि फिरऊनको तरवारबाट मलाई बचाउनु भयो।” 5 यित्रो मोशा कहाँ गए जब मोशाले परमेश्वरको पर्वतमाथि मरूभूमिमा छाउनी बनाएका थिए। यित्रोसित मोशाकी पत्नी र दुइजना छोराहरू थिए। 6 यित्रोले मोशाकहाँ समाचार पठाए। यित्रोले भने, “म तिम्रा ससूरा यित्रो हुँ। म तिमी कहाँ तिम्री पत्नी र दुवै छोराहरूलाई लिएर आउँदैछु।” 7 यसकारण मोशा आफ्नो ससुरालाई भेट्न गए। मोशा उसकोअघि निहुरिए अनि उसलाई चुम्बन गरे। तिनीहरूले एका-अर्काको स्वस्थको बारेमा सोधपूछ गरे। तिनीहरू मोशाको पालमा गए। 8 मोशाले यित्रोलाई प्रत्येक कुरा भने जे परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूको निम्ति फिरऊन र मिश्रलाई गर्नु भएको थियो। मोशाले यित्रोलाई तिनीहरूले यात्रा गर्दा सामना गर्नु परेको स्थितिहरू पनि बताए। परमप्रभुले इस्राएलीहरूलाई सकंट घडीमा कसरी बचाउनु भयो त्यो पनि मोशाले आफ्नो ससुरालाई बताए। 9 परमप्रभुले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूका निम्ति गर्नु भएका असल कुराहरू सुनेर यित्रो खुशी भए। मिश्र देशीहरूबाट इस्राएलका मानिसहरूलाई परमप्रभुले मुक्त गर्नु भएकोलागि यित्रो आनन्दित थिए। 10 यित्रोले भने, “परमप्रभुको स्तुति होस। उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई मिश्रका मानिसहरूबाट स्वतन्त्र गराउनु भयो। परमप्रभुले तिमीहरूलाई फिरऊनबाट बचाउनु भयो। 11 अब म जान्दछु परमप्रभु सबै देवताहरूभन्दा महान हुनुहुन्छ। तिनीहरूले सोचे तिनीहरू नियन्त्रणमा थिए तर परमप्रभुले के गर्नु भयो।” 12 तब यित्रोले परमेश्वरलाई बलिहरू र भेटी चढाए। तब हारून र इस्राएलका सबै बूढा-प्रधानहरू मोशाका ससूरा यित्रोसित परमेश्वरसंगै भोजन गरे। 13 अर्को दिन मोशाको मानिसहरूको न्याय गर्ने काम थियो। मानिसहरू दिनभरी नै मोशाकहाँ आए। 14 मोशाले मानिसहरूको न्याय गरेको यित्रोले देखे। उनले सोधे, “यो तिमी एक्लै किन गरिरहेका छौ? तिमी एक्लै न्यायधीश छौ? अनि किन दिनभरी मानिसहरू तिमीकहाँ आइरहन्छन्?” 15 तब मोशाले आफ्नो ससुरालाई भने, “मानिसहरू मकहाँ तिनीहरूका समस्याहरूप्रति परमेश्वरको निर्णय के छ त्यो सोध्न आउँछन्। 16 यदि तिनीहरूसित भन्ने कुरो छ भने तिनीहरू मकहाँ आउँछन्। कुन मानिस सही छ म निर्णय गर्छु। यसरी म मानिसहरूलाई परमेश्वरले बताउनु भएको नियम र शिक्षाहरू सिकाउँछु।” 17 तर मोशाका ससूराले उसलाई भने, “यस्तो कार्य गर्ने यो सही तरीका होइन। 18 एक्लो मानिसको निम्ति यो वेशी काम हो। तिमी एक्लै यी सबै कार्यहरू गर्न सक्तैनौ, तिमी थाक्छौ अनि मानिसहरू पनि थाक्छन्। 19 अब मेरो कुरा सुन। मलाई केही सल्लाह दिनु देऊ, अनि म प्रार्थना गर्छु परमेश्वर तिमीसंग हुनु हुनेछ। तिमीले मानिसहरूका निम्ति परमेश्वरको अघि बोल्नु पर्छ, अनि मानिसहरूका मुद्दाहरू सुन्नु पर्छ। 20 तिमीले परमेश्वरका नियम र विधि विधानहरू मानिसहरूलाई सिकाउनु पर्छ। नियमहरू नभत्काउने चेताउनी देऊ। मानिसहरू कसरी बाँच्नु पर्छ सिकाऊ। तिनीहरूले के गर्नु पर्छ बताऊ। 21 तर तिमीले ती मानिसहरू मध्ये कोही मानिसहरू न्यायधीश र अगुवाहरू हुने पनि रोज्नु पर्छ।“जसमाथि भरोसा गर्न सक्छौ त्यस्ता असल मानिसहरूलाई छान जो परमेश्वरको सम्मान मान्छन्। यस्ता मानिसहरूलाई रोज जो पैसामा आफ्नो निर्णय परिवर्त्तन गर्दैनन्। अनि यी मानिसहरूलाई मानिसहरूमाथि शासकहरू नियुक्त गर। एक हजार, एक सय, पचास अनि दश मानिसहरूका समूहहरूका शासकहरू हुनु पर्छ। 22 यी अगुवाहरूले मानिसहरूलाई न्याय गरून्। यदि कतै महत्वपूर्ण मामला रहे ती शासकहरू तिमीकहाँ आउन सक्छन्। तर अन्य मामलामा तिनीहरूले नै न्याय दिऊन्। यसरी तिम्रो कार्य भारहरू हल्का हुन्छ। 23 यदि तिमीले यी कार्यहरू परमप्रभुको इच्छामा गर्छौ भने तिमी आफ्नो कार्य गर्नमा सफल हुनेछौ। अनि त्यही समयमा मानिसहरू आफ्नो समस्याहरू समाधान भएपछि घर जानु सक्छन्।” 24 यसकारण मोशाले आफ्नो ससुराले भने जस्तै गरे। 25 उनले इस्राएलीहरूबाट योग्य मानिसहरू छाने। उनले तिनीहरूलाई अरू मानिसहरूमाझ नायक बनाए। उनले मानिसहरूलाई हजार, एक सय, पचास अनि दसको समूहको शासक बनाए। 26 यी अगुवाहरूका लागि मानिसहरूको न्यायधीश थिए। मानिसहरू यी अगुवाहरू कहाँ सधैं आफ्नो कुराहरू लिएर आउँथे। 27 केही समय पछि मोशाले आफ्नो ससूरा यित्रोलाई विदा दिए र यित्रो फर्केर आफ्नो घर गए।