Trusted Counselors

Exo 18:13  The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. 

Exo 18:14  When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening?” 

Exo 18:19  Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God, 

Exo 18:20  and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. 

Exo 18:21  Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 

Exo 18:22  And let them judge the people at all times. Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. 

Exo 18:23  If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.” 

Exo 18:24  So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. 

Pro 11:14  Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety. 

Moses was taking on too much. Only God can judge everyone in righteousness. God gave all authority to His Son as our judge. Whenever a person seeks to have absolute power over people they become little gods. They rule with mistrust and by force, to force their will on a people. A left leaning communist/socialist leader, who ignores our constitution, can bring tyranny on the people. One such example is Kim Jong un, the dictator of North Korea. In my opinion many of the Democrat governors are acting as dictators, little gods in a country founded on individual freedoms. What if our election was rigged? What if our nation will be led, or forced to obey ungodly counselors? I pray that this will not happen.