Moses is getting lots of grief from multitudes of people at every turn. You can tell he’s exhausted. In these two chapters, we see three important people helping take the load off of Moses.

First when the people came across Amalek and they fought the people of Israel, As long as Moses held up his hands, the people prevailed but when his hands fell, Amalek prevailed. Aaron and Hur decide to help Moses by giving him a stone to lean against and holding his arms up for him. It was vitally important for the battle and Israel prevailed. It’s important for us to remember to be sensitive to the needs of others. Are you there for your friends and family for them to lean on in trying times?

Next, we hear that Moses is overwhelmed with some of his newfound responsibilities, so Jethro, his father-in-law, gives him wise and wonderful counsel on how to delegate responsibilities so it all doesn’t fall upon Moses. It’s important that we all have people in our lives that can counsel us when we are having troubles. I love being a part of a church that has lots of people with grey hair, which means there is a lot of sources of wise counsel and experience!