Wed.’s Devo - Wisdom

Read Ex. 18:1-27 After all this time, Moses is finally reunited with his wife and children. What a sacrifice to do God’s will, but such a journey! I bet they had a lot to catch up on. We are only privy to his conversation with his father-in-law who was a priest in his hometown. After hearing what God did for Moses and his people, Jethro became a believer in the one true God. He offered the sacrifice for Moses which was a sign of his belief. Then Jethro watched as Moses sat as the judge over the million-plus people that had come out of Egypt. Jethro saw that Moses’ job was going to kill him physically, so he told him to find some good leaders and disciple them in how to govern the people. These men were to fear God, love the truth, and hate covetousness. They would be broken down into those that would be over a thousand, those that would be over a hundred, those that would be over fifty and those that would be over ten. They will judge the smaller things and Moses would only take the large problems. Being a part of a church that used to be small and is now a multitude, I see the need for a pastor to have to give up the closeness he had with his body for his own health. This takes a maturing of the body. Decades ago, the pastor was suppose to visit you in the hospital, know all the names of your kids, and be there whenever you needed him. Today, God is trying to mature the body where we don’t look to a pastor to meet our needs but we depend on Him first, then if we need council, we go to the person over us… not necessarily the pastor. I see God moving pastors of big churches into a different role than they were in the past. Bottom line, God is getting us into battle formation for what is up ahead. Lord, help us to find our position in this strategy and submit to those you have put over us and teach and be an example to those you have placed under us.