Exo 18:24 Moses took Jethro's advice
Exo 18:25 and chose capable men from among all the Israelites. He appointed them as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
Exo 18:26 They served as judges for the people on a permanent basis, bringing the difficult cases to Moses but deciding the smaller disputes themselves.
Jethro must have seen Moses haggard, tired and stressed because Moses is doing everything by himself. He’s making big and small decisions and he’s settling big and small disputes, in short he’s governing Israel alone. Jethro advised Moses to organize Israel, to give responsibilities to responsible Israelites and for him to work only at the important matters about government. Moses listened to his father in law’s wisdom and he was freed of most of his burdens.
God is a God of order.
This reminds me of Paul and the Corinthians. The Corinthians was a disorganized church. There was factionalism, tongues, super spirituals vs. baby Christians and immorality and legal suits and many others. What is Paul’s admonition? “Hey you people, behave! Put everything in order!” (1Co 14:40)
Organization….hmmmmm…lives should be organized according to God’s will, churches should be organized according to God’s will, everything should be organized according to God’s will.
Weekly Bible Devotional
Jacob Wrestling with the ANGEL of GOD
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
Genesis32:23-31
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