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Lead Like Moses Devotional 33

by David Joynt on July 14, 2022


EXODUS 18:19-20 | 19 Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you! You should represent the people before God and bring their cases to God. 20 Teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them the way they are to go and the things they are to do.

Notice the way Jethro offers insight to Moses. First, he shows compassion and understanding of the problem Moses faces: there are too many personal issues among the people for anyone to resolve and that means exhaustion for Moses and exasperation for the people. Second, he gives a direct, honest, personal view—this is not a good strategy! Third, he affirms Moses’ key role as teacher, leader, and mediator of the divine will. He is on Moses’ side and wants him to succeed.

The world is full of critics. Listen to the ones who care for you and want you to succeed.

Who do you allow to speak into your life?

Who do you not listen to?

Tags: life, speak

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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