Exodus 18:12,13,17,18

Exodus 18:12,13,17,18 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. Moses’ father-in-law came over for a visit. They had an enjoyable time and ate and talked all day long. But then Moses had to go back to work the next day. Jethro, his father-in-law saw Moses working as a judge all day from daylight till dark. So he warned Moses. “Moses,” he said, “You are doing too much. You are going to wear yourself out. You need to train assistants who can do some of the work for you.” Moses thought about what Jethro had said. Jethro was right; it was too much for one man. So Moses appointed rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifty, and rulers of ten. The more skillful the man was, the more people Moses gave him to manage. Moses had less work and more work got done. That is a good lesson for us: let good people help us get more work done in less time. That is a good plan.