Exodus 18:24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times. Any hard case they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves. 27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went away to his own country.
As we look back at biblical characters like Moses, we see them as bigger than life. It would be easy to imagine they themselves began to see themselves as bigger, with all God did through them. But we also see each came to a reality check, realizing that they could not do it all by themselves. Moses needed Aaron and Miriam, Joshua and Caleb, and a lot more people to help in doing what God had called them to. We also need to have the wisdom to know when to accept, ask for, and appreciate others input into our lives. Whatever you are doing (and probably at times struggling with), don't be afraid to receive the gift of others. Have the humility to ask for it. Give God thanks for them.
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