Exodus 18:17-24 (NIV focus verse 18b) …The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone…
There is a School of Pressure. “Moses’ experience shows the danger of turning to the wisdom and methods of the world when the demand in our God-assigned work multiplies beyond the normal limits of our natural resources (Note Numbers 11:14-17). ‘There was no more power than before—only more machinery. Moses had murmured because of the burden that God had laid upon him. God, in distributing the burden shows that Moses’ power had, all along, be in proportion to his burden’ (Scofield). The School of Pressure may take place in: public responsibility (Num. 11:14-17); public demand (Mark 6:3; John 4:30-34); or public opinion (I Sam. 13:8-14; John 16:15).”
Ex. 16:1-2 – “God is longsuffering and good—as we see in Israel’s wilderness narrative. He did not retaliate against Israel’s discontent, impatience, ingratitude and distrust, but instead promised an adequate supply for all, notwithstanding their unjustified murmurings, unreasonable complaints, and slanderous accusations.” Today, through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can identify the SCHOOL we are going through and learn our lessons well through His tutorage (John 16:13).
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