Parents do Know Something

Exodus 18

 As a young man there are always people wanting to give you advice. The advice that I always choose to listen to is that of my family. The advice of my father and father in law has paid off. They actually know what they are talking about. They not only have the wisdom but also the experience. Moses receives advice from his father in law. We do not know why the father in law came, but the cool thing was that he was a wise man and he had some good advice for him.

Moses who was the leader of the Israelites in their wilderness adventure was being tied down by listening to everyone’s complaints. Moses served as judge for Israel. Jethro observed what was going on and he offered some very simple but profound advice. He said, “If you keep this up everyone is going to get tired.” Moses would go morning to evening and just be judge for the people. Jethro just told Moses that he needs to share the Lord. Get able men to do the small tasks and the large things Moses could handle.

Moses could have chosen not to listen to his father in law and said, “I want to do it my way.” Moses chose to listen to Jethro which it paid off. Moses did not have to spend his whole day going over problems but could concentrate on what God wanted him to do. God places people in our lives to help us and give us advice. Parents are those people. For the most part they know what they are talking about. We need to not throw out everything they say as outdated or lame but instead as there is truth to what they have to say. God has placed your parents in your life for a reason. We can thank the Lord for the wisdom of our parents.