EXODUS 18

JETHRO VISITS MOSES + WORSHIPS GOD

Moses’s father-in-law and father of Zipporah, Jethro, comes to find Moses in the wilderness. Jethro tells Moses that he has heard of all the great things God has done for the Israelites. Because of what God has done, Jethro knows that God is greater than all of the other gods he has been worshiping! 

While Jethro is there, he recognizes that the Israelites are coming to Moses repeatedly over small issues and that Moses is overwhelmed. Jethro tells Moses not to carry the burden alone and to appoint trusted people to help him. Moses listens to Jethro, and Jethro returns home. Was Moses the first believer to experience burnout? Good advice, Jethro!