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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?" Exodus18:13-14
A COINCIDENCE is when God does a miracle and decides to stay anonymous.
We all know the account of Moses and the advice his father-in-law Jethro gives him about delegating responsibility... It's one that is used in business leadership courses even today.
Here's the scene: Moses is busy from sunrise to sunset adjudicating over the affairs, great and small, of the Israelites. Jethro advises him to appoint leaders over tens, fifties, hundreds and thousands and to delegate responsibility to them. Moses followed Jethro's advice and it worked out well...
But the co-inky-dink in the story is the fact that Jethro's visit just so happened to come _just_ _after_ the victory over the Amalekites (this was our EmmDev just before the holidays) where Aaron and Hur had stepped in and held Moses' arms in the air so that the Israelites would win the battle.
My question is: Would Moses have been as open to his father-in-law's advice if he had not recently experienced the power of teamwork first-hand?
I find it wonderful to to look back on important developments in my life and to realise that God has been leading me, using one experience to prepare me for the next and bringing the right people along the way who will walk the next stretch of the road with me.
Thanks be to God for His Providence!
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
You can see past EmmDevs at http://emmdev.blogspot.com/
