Lesson of God's Patience:
In Exodus 7-10 where the scriptures tell the story of Moses
and Aaron trying to convince Pharaoh that he should release the Israelites,
there is a long process of agreement. As
Pharaoh requests for each plague to be removed, Moses goes to the Lord as asks
of the Lord to remove it. This process
cycles many times while Pharaoh, his servants, and the people of Egypt suffer,
sadly. This is a very historical moment
for the Israelites and also very detrimental in a way for the Egyptians. It’s curious to me that the Lord allows it to
be a process and is so willing to comply to Pharaoh’s pleas and yet so firm
that Pharaoh must let the people go. I
can see that Heavenly Father’s willingness is there. He is so patient and wants us to be happy. Knowing this reminds me of how I can receive
so many blessings if I just try my best always to be like Christ and follow his
commandments.
After Moses carefully lead the Children of Israel
successfully out of bondage from Pharaoh in Egypt, he found himself a lot of
responsibility. Here is a story about leadership and delegation:
Taken from this passage: Exodus 18: 13-24
Each day Moses was a judge for the people and helped them
learn of God.
He did this morning to evening. Then, his father in law saw
this and counseled with him. He said
that it was “not good” to judge for the people all day because it would make
him weary and he was not able (vs. 17, 18). He suggested
that he just judge the weightier matters and appoint judges over divisions of
the people to be judges over the lesser matters.
In our day, we have wards, stakes, areas, and the whole world under one
president of the church. This means that
each ward calling all the way up to the counselors of the prophet/president of
the church helps bear the responsibility that he has to lead and guide his sheep. Each calling
is in charge of just a fraction of the ultimate responsibility but it’s
still important because it is a valuable piece of a
greater picture.
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