Exodus 18:5-27 - Moses has too great of a burden and Jethro makes a wise suggestion. A seemingly obvious lesson from this story is that God does not intend for us to bear burdens alone. It's also fitting that this idea comes from Jethro rather than directly from God. We have already seen in Exodus that God can speak directly to Moses and do powerful signs, but in this story we see Him working through plain wisdom of a father-in-law. In that way, God had already provided for Moses' burden. How is God providing for you in yours?
Hebrews 12:1-24 - "let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." Laying aside every weight and sin is no easy task. And it is so easy to hold on to hurts, failures and anger. The author of Hebrews refers to this as the "root of bitterness". Can we throw these things off? Not simply by looking to ourselves, or struggling through some self-help. We fix our eyes on Jesus, who destroys sin and bitterness, who gives us faith and perfects it through his word and his gifts.
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