Friday 16 March 2018

*YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL*(PART 1) (Exodus 18:12-27)

*You can't do it all*... _I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.(Phil 4:13)_

They seem to conflict right?...Oh No, I'm not trying to spark any debate.😁

*You can't do it all* is as deduced from the intercourse between Moses&his Father-in-law Jethro.

Once again, today, a summary of the whole account will do in Exodus 18:
_After allowing God to lead him to deliver the Israelites from the  Egyptians, Moses left his family including the father in-law for a while._

_As his family returned to him, they were all full of praise for what God had done. However, Moses' father-in-law noticed something about  him..._

_And that is, All the Israelites from morning to evening came with their cases so that *Moses alone will sit as judge*&help solve their disputes as well as inform them of God's will &decrees._

_This prompted Jethro,the in-law to utter these words in v.17-18_
*_“What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone._*

On this premise,I pause- take your time, you can't change the world in one day, not the church in another.

We know about your zeal,passion& seriousness about those young ones in the Lord,those deprived in the community and about those corruption issues.

However, bear in mind you can't do it all alone...You will definitely need your fellow man to help no matter the trust issues or how bad they do it. _(I must stay it is very understandable but...)_

Sometimes, a lot of people(Christians for that matter) behave like Jack...yeah, of all trades. We want to do virtually everything as if by that might we win God's favour & prove ourselves right before him.

God doesn't want us to unduly *overdo* ourselves just because we want to please him.After all,it is he who worketh in us both to will &do according to his good pleasure.(Phil.2:13)

There will still be a lot to do even when you are not there because for the many things here on earth,God brought you here to fulfil your part in it.

I have realised this in every place God resides & so is my  church. Anytime, a role is left to be played ,God raises someone out of nowhere to fill the gap.....

And so take note Mr .Want to do it all..However... Let's
Continue this Evening on Message For the Evening.

*SO I SAY:*
*You Can't do it ALL ALONE...ALL BY YOURSELF& that is why through Christ he strengthens&empowers us to do ALL HE HAS MANDATED US by involving, connecting&raising the right people.*

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