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Exodus chapter 18 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Exodus chapter 18, verse one, when Jethro the priest of Midian
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  Moses father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses
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  and for Israel his people, and that the Lord had brought Israel
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  out of Egypt. We're going to find out what old
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  Jethro has to say to Moses. Verse 2 Then Jethro Moses's
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  father-in-law took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent
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  her back three and her two sons, of which the name of the one was
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  Gersham. For he said I have been an alien
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  in a strange land, Four, And the name of the other was Eliasar.
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  For the God of my father said he was my help, and delivered me
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  from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 In Jethro, Moses's father-in-law
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  came with the sons and his wife unto Moses in the wilderness,
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  and he encamped at the mount of God.
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  So here we can see that Jethro, who was a priest, he was
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  bringing back Moses's wife and his two sons.
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  And Jethro wanted to have a word with Moses because he saw all of
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  the miraculous things that God was doing for the nation Israel
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  as they were being LED around in the wilderness.
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  And it should have been a very short journey into the Promised
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  Land, but God had much work to do.
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  And he was going to lead them out there for 40 years.
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  But he brought them back to this place where God had revealed
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  himself as the great I am. God had revealed himself in the
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  burning Bush. And here Jethro wanted to come
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  out. Jethro wanted to be able to
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  speak to Moses. Jethro wanted to bring back
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  Zipporah, and he wanted to bring back Gershom, and he wanted to
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  bring back Eleazar. And you can see here that Moses
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  and his father-in-law had much things to talk about. 6 And he
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  said to Moses, Hi, your father-in-law, Jethro, have come
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  unto you, and your wife, and your two sons with her seven.
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  And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he did
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  obedience and kissed him. And they asked each other of
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  their welfare. And they came into the tent.
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  These two men, they're coming and they're joyful and they are
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  paying each other homage. They're paying each other
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  respect. They're saying to each other,
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  welcome, friend, welcome. A in.
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  Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to
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  Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and all the
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  travail that had come upon them, by the way, and how the Lord had
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  delivered them. They're writing a book.
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  There's so many things that have happened from the time that
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  Moses decided in his heart to help out his fellow Israelites,
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  when he slew the Egyptian and he covered them up in the sand,
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  when he ran away and became a shepherd in the land.
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  And whenever Jethro took him in as his own and he married his
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  daughter. And you can see here that God
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  called him back in to Egypt to set the people free.
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  They've already walked across on dry land.
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  They've already seen miracles, they've seen plagues.
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  They've seen all of the things of God, the mighty hand of God.
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  And now Moses is filling in Jethro of all of these events. 9
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  in jeopardy, rejoiced for all the goodness which the Lord had
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  done to Israel, whom He had delivered out of the hand of the
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  Egyptians. You need to understand that the
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  Egyptians were a powerhouse. They were a superpower in the
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  land. This was not an easy victory.
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  This was not one at the hand of man.
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  This was miraculous because God was for them, friends, and this
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  was God's doing and God's upending and God's plagues that
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  He sent to weaken the Egyptians to the point that they finally
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  surrendered and capitulated and were able to give up all the
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  Israelites and to let them go. And then after they let them go,
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  they immediately regretted it, thought that the Israelites were
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  wandering about, a miss, and then they sent after them and
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  was covered over in the sea then.
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  And Jephthor said, Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you
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  out of the hand of the Egyptians, out of the hand of
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  Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of
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  the Egyptians. Jethro understood the powerhouse
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  that Egypt was. Jethro understood that this was
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  not the hand of man. This had to be God's hand. 11
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  Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, for in
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  the thing there, and they dealt proudly, He was above them.
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  So he saw that the Egyptians were a proud people.
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  They served many gods, they had no lack, and here we can see
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  that God dealt with them appropriately. 12 And Jethro,
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  Moses's father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices
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  for God. And Aaron came, all the elders
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  of Israel to eat bread with Moses's father-in-law before
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  God. So they had a wonderful time of
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  eating together, and to celebrate the Lord together they
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  sacrificed unto the Lord for all the many blessings that God was
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  pouring out upon that nation. 13 And it came to pass on the
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  Morrow that Moses SAT to judge the people, and the people stood
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  by Moses from morning to evening. 14 And when Moses,
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  father-in-law, saw all that he did to the people, he said, What
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  is this thing that you do to the people?
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  Why do you sit yourself alone, and all the people stand by you
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  from morning to evening? So Moses father-in-law was
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  looking at the situation and sometimes we need a fresh set of
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  eyes to set us straight. Sometimes we get so stuck in our
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  ways and we can't see that there is a better way.
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  And God will send people along the way to instruct us, friends,
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  and we need to be able to stay fluid and able to actually take
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  this constructive criticism. 15 And Moses said to his
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  father-in-law, because the people come to me to inquire of
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  God. So Moses was the great mediator
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  and Moses had the words of God imprinted upon his heart and his
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  mind. And that's desperately what we
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  need, and that's desperately what the people here needed.
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  And Jethro's going to point that out. 16 When they have a matter,
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  they come to me, and I judge between 1:00 and the other, and
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  I do make them know the statutes of God and his law. 17 And Moses
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  his father-in-law, said unto him, The thing that you do is
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  not good. 18 You will surely wear away both you and this
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  people that is with you, And this thing is too heavy for you,
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  for you are not able to perform it yourself alone.
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  Can you imagine having an immediate need, and you have to
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  wait in order to have it looked at and settled?
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  This is what Jethro saw, he saw a people that were wore out from
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  having to wait on the things that were happening.
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  They had to wait to get them settled and Moses was wearing
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  himself out from morning till evening. 19 Listen now unto my
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  voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you.
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  Be you for the people to God word, that you may bring the
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  causes to God. So Jethro says, listen to me,
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  there's a better way to do this. 20 And you shall teach them
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  ordinances and laws, and you shall show them the way which
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  they must walk and work that they must do.
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  So he's saying, Appoint to yourselves men who love God, who
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  can memorize the things of God, and appoint them to listen. 21
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  Moreover, you shall provide out of all the people able men, such
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  as fear God, men of truth, hating, covetousness, place such
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  over them to be rulers, thousands rulers, hundreds
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  rulers of 50s, rulers of 10s. The New Testament talks about
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  this, of deacons and apostles, of the ones who are to take the
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  eldership, the ones who are to take the roles of an overseer,
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  the ones who are to take the roles of an evangelist.
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  And the New Testament tells us that they need to hate sin and
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  hate even the things spotted by sin.
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  And that is a true way to tell who loves God and who doesn't.
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  Those that wink and turn the other way, who take a bribe,
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  they are not those who should be in the offices of God's
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  judgment. We need to set men who know the
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  Bible, who learn the Bible, who hide the Bible, who are
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  committed to peeling back the layers of the Bible over those
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  who have no spiritual appetite, who are just wanting the candy
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  in the land. They do not want to eat the bowl
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  of vegetables that is set before them, that is healthy and gives
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  life to their bones. 22 And let them judge the people at all
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  seasons. And it shall be that every great
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  matter that they shall bring to you, that every small matter
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  they shall judge. So shall it be easier for
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  yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you.
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  So he's saying, let them agree upon the smaller matters.
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  But if it is a High Court decision, then they can come
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  unto Moses. 23 And if you shall do this thing, and God commands
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  you so, then you shall be able to endure.
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  And all the people shall also go to their place in peace.
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  So the people won't be standing in the line, waiting in the
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  queue, complaining and murmuring because it takes so long to get
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  to Moses. They'll actually have peace and
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  have their situations settled a lot faster if Moses will take
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  his father in law's advice. 24 So Moses listened to the voice
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  of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses
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  chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over
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  the people, rulers of thousands and rulers of hundreds, rulers
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  of 50s and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at
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  all seasons, the hard causes they brought to Moses, But every
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  small matter they judge themselves.
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  We'll end on. 27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart and
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  went his way into his own land. So you can see here that Moses
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  was able to take the constructive criticism, and so
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  should we. When God sends someone to speak
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  to us, we need to have enough spiritual aptitude to be able to
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  discern the voice of God, no matter who it comes through.
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  And that is what Moses did. And it paid dividends, friends.
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  He was able to actually settle things of great matters quickly.
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  And the smaller things got settled much faster as well.
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  And there was peace. What an amazing God we serve, a
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  God of justice, and aren't you thankful that you are justified
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  in the sight of God? I hope you've been blessed by
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  this amazing chapter in God's Word.
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  Let us pray. We thank you God for another
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  opportunity to come and to worship you in spirit and truth.
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  We thank you God, that you've given us your eternal words.
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  We thank you God, that you have allowed us to hide them in our
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  hearts. We thank you, Father, for all of
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  the many blessings that you have given us.
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  We love you Father, and we ask that you'll help us to finish
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  this race well. In Jesus name I pray.
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  Amen.