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Taking Advice; Sharing The Load Series Contributed by David Owens on Aug 8, 2011 (message contributor) Summary: Exodus 18 provides a wonderful example of Moses taking advice and learning to share the work load. Introduction: Standing on the tee of a relatively long par three, a confident golfer said to his caddy, “Looks like a four-wood and a putt to me.” The caddy disagreed with him a bit and advised that he, instead, play it safe and hit a four-iron then a wedge. The golfer was insulted and proceeded to yell at the caddy telling him that he was a better golfer than that and how dare the caddy underestimate his game. So, giving in, the caddy handed the gentleman the four-wood he had asked for. The golfer proceeded to top the ball and watched as it rolled about fifteen yards off the front of the tee. It was still about 200 yards from the hole. Immediately the caddy handed him his putter and said, “And now here’s the putter for your putt...” How good are you at receiving and following advice? If you are like me, then sometimes it’s a struggle. Sometimes our pride kicks in and we don’t want it to look like we don’t know what we are doing, so we ignore the advice and often regret it. In the part of the story of Moses we are going to consider today, we will see that Moses was stressed out and overloaded. Someone close to Moses is going to come along with some advice about the situation. How will Moses respond? Will he take the advice or reject it? Let’s take a look at the story and see what we can learn from it. The Story Our story begins with a visit by Moses’ father-in-law. Such a visit might raise the blood pressure of those who view their spouse’s parents as outlaws, rather than in-laws. But that was not the case with Moses, it appears that over the years, his father-in-law had become one of his best friends. The Bible says: 5 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. 6 Jethro had sent word to him, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons.” 7 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. Now that’s what I would call a warm greeting. Moses hadn’t seen Jethro, his father-in-law, for an extended period of time, and Israel’s leader was ecstatic that his father-in-law had come with Moses’ wife and children for a family reunion. Soon the two men began to talk about all that God had done in Moses’ life since he had left the desert of Midian to go to Egypt. The Bible says: 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. I want you to notice how Jethro responded to his son-in-law. He showed not an ounce of jealousy, rather Jethro rejoiced over what had happened The Bible says: 9 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. 10 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. 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.” Then, in good priestly fashion, Jethro topped off the day by offering sacrifices. The Bible says: 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. What a beautiful picture of family harmony – here we have in-laws and family members and friends who have come to eat together and to rejoice in God’s mighty works. It is a wonderful thing to be rightly related to others, especially family! After the joy of this happy reunion, Jethro began to observe Moses in his ministry and leadership. Let’s stop and take a look at what Jethro observed. The Bible says: 13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?” Related Media SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide SermonCentral Preaching Slide
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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।