It took me 10 minutes to read this passage. I always read the story of Jethro in chapter 18 with a smile. Sometimes we Christians get so focused on listening to God that we forget that He can, and does, speak through fellow believers. Jethro saw the process of judgment that Moses had set up and it resulted in a few judgment but many, many frustrated people. Anytime you get 2 million people together there is going to be conflict. Resolving those conflicts requires an ample number of judges. Moses had probably been trained to delegate as we was schooled in Egypt. Yet, after 40 years to tending the sheep he might have forgotten the finer points of managing people. But it only took a gentle reminder from his father-in-law to wake Moses up to the fact that God had already provided the means to help rule this great people.
Stuart
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