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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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yesterday's portion of heavenly manna the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning, Good morning. It is Wednesday. It's

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August thirteen, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is Elle

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David Harris. I am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's Word every single day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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Lesson study series through the Book of Exodus, and our

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caption for today is Jethrow. Yeah, that is a whole

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principle right there, Jeathrow. Before we get into that, I'd

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like to just say welcome to everyone joining us, especially

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those joining us for the very first time. I need

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you to go over to your Daily Portion dot com,

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join our online community, pick up the Your Daily Portion

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Life application, guide and let us know where you are

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in the world at your Daily Portion dot com. This

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is one of the ways that we continue to build

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faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and then

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we will get under way. Father, We thank you for

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the principles of balance that you have shown us, the

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principles of leadership and management that you have shown us

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in the scriptures. And I'm asking you to please please

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give us understanding and then let us apply what we

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see in the truth there in the scriptures. In Jesus name,

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I pray, Amen and Amen again. Jethrow, Jethro, Jethrow. So

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the Bible teaches us as according to the Lesson writer,

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Moses was visited by Jethro, his father in law, who

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was also called Ruell. Jethrow brought with him Moses's wife, Zapora,

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and two sons, Gersham and Eliezer. When Moses heard that

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they were coming, he went out to welcome them. And

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let me just say that Moses got a lot more

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than he bargained for from Jethrow, his father in law. Okay,

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so what seems to be just a common thing, like

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for those of us who are married and we have

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in laws, it seems like just a normal everyday experience,

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like we gel together, we learn to eat and drink together, right,

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we break bread, we live and grow together when we're healthy.

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But there was something even better. Jethrow taught Moses the

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model of either shared if you want to say it

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this way, or distributed leadership. Shared or distributed leadership. That

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came from Jethro. I don't know where you think it

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came from, but that's where it came from. And so

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the Bible reads in Exodus, chapter eighteen and verse twenty four,

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and Moses harkened done to the voice. That means he

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listened to the voice of his father in law and

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did all that he had said, because Jethro was like, listen, brother,

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you're gonna loop. You're gonna get sick, like you're gonna

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be overwhelmed. There are way too many people that you

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are shepherding. Listen to me, people who are leaders. If

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you are shepherding a flock of people where church is concerned,

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if you are a leader in a corporate or organizational

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setting outside of the worship center, etc. It is still

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the reality that if everything comes to you, if all

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of the troubles, all of the decisions literally come to

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you as they are in their rast form, without somebody

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else vetting or doing some of their part before it

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gets to your level. You are going to burn out.

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You're gonna burn You're not going to be as successful

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as you possibly could be. I don't care if you're

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a billionaire with a bee right now. I'm not a billionaire,

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but I can tell you that based on what the

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Bible says that you will be. You are an out

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if you try to handle everything yourself. And so the

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man Jethrow ye throw ye trow. That's how you actually

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pronounce it means excellence, his excellence or abundance, ye trow

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or Jethrow as we say it means his excellence or abundance.

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Do you believe that Jethrow actually was abundant? Do you

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believe that he was excellent when you look at what

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he taught? Or ruel? Ruel means friend of God? Say man,

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so his excellence or abundance? Who also is the friend

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of God? No matter where you say his upbringing was,

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he learned to be a friend of God. And then

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of course, uh, well I won't go into this other thing,

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right So Jethro's advice was seen as divinely timed because

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Moses needed this right here. His model represents the principle

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of distributed leadership. Israel needed structure before receiving the Law

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of God at Mount Sinai. And this is the advice

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that came from a Midianite priest. I mean, listen, listen.

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I know sometimes we say consider the source and to

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be careful of this and careful of that. But in

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this case, God chose to use a Midianite priest a

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reminder that truth can be recognized outside of what you believe.

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Is the people of God that could write you an

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entire story about how people who come from different faith fellowships,

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who are listening to the voice of God don't be

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confused by what I'm saying here, have given great counsel

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and advice to the so called people of God. I

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wish I had the time, but the Bible says it.

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It's very clear. So God used this moment to show

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that faithfulness is more important than bloodline. Jethro Yetro did

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not come from the same bloodline as the quote people

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of God. And so from the book Patriarchs and Prophets,

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page three hundred and one, the Lord had greatly honored Moses,

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and he would not permit even the monarch of Egypt

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to trifle with him with impunity. But the fact that

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he had been specifically chosen to do a great work

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did not lead him to neglect the smaller duties. Jethro

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saw the heavy burdens that rested upon Moses. Do you

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have a Jethro in your life? A Yetro? Do you

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have a Yethro in your life? Somebody who sees that

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you are doing too much heavy lifting, who needs to

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undergoirge you with the kind of structure, the kind of

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guidance you need in order not to burn out and

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destroy even the legac see that you are currently building

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building with one hand, tearing down with the other. Who

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is your ye Throw? Who is your Jethrow? You may

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want to type it in the chat? Are you a

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jet throw? Are you a jeth throw? Or do you

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have somebody who is and you want to just give

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honor to God for them putting their name in the chat.

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I'm born to be a jet throw, I promise you

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that's my birth purpose, just like Joseph. Joseph was the

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same way, and so he saw those burdens, and then

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he wisely suggested a plan or recommended a plan by

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which they might be shared by others. What the responsibilities

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the heavy burdens. This council was accepted by Moses, and

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the plan was followed. Let me just say here, don't

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throw away your jeth rows. When people come who are analytical,

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people come who are structural, people who have frameworks, who

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are willing to help you set these things up and

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for your teams to be able to follow these plans,

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do not throw them away. If you're ultra decisive or

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your ultra creative. I'm teaching here, y'all just don't know it.

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I'm saying, don't tell the death rolls to go away.

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Follow what the death rolls will teach you. It will

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lengthen your days in anything you're doing so much more

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to say, so little time and so. In the context,

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Moses had reached leadership fatigue, type of one in the chat.

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If you're a leader and you're fatigued. The people were

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facing daily disputes that could distract from God's larger mission.

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This helped prepare for the spiritual infrastructure for the giving

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of the law in Exodus chapter twenty and so, God

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used a non Israelite priest to provide key wisdom. This

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reveals that God's wisdom is not limited to one's ethnicity

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or background, and that humility is essential for leadership. Finally,

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let's apply it now. Delegation is not weakness. Distributed leadership

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model is not weakness, its obedience. Leaders burn out when

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they carry everything ourselves, when we carry everything ourselves, and

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so witness attracts truth seekers. Jethro was drawn to God

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by what he heard and saw through Moses's faithfulness, and

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then based on that Moses is already faithful. Now God

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sends somebody with the blueprint for continuing that legacy of

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faith without having to burn out as a result. Boy,

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the people of God can really learn from this today.

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Thank it a great day, Peace, Thanks.

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Speaker 1: For joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot live

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by bread alone, but by every word that comes from

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the mouth of God. This has been your daily portion

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with El David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,