Today's readings are Ex. 18.5-27 and Heb. 12.1-24.
I wonder today how many people have felt overworked in life and ministry. I expect there are plenty who have. No doubt Moses felt the same way, judging problems and struggles among the people of Israel all day, day after day. In this fallen world there is plenty of strife and confusion. After all, what are sinners especially good at doing? Sinning against one another. In the life of the Church, we can expect, day after day, that we will sin against others and that they will sin against us.
What relief do we have for this condition? we have a great promise of relief in every way. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses to God's provision. We are given leaders within the body of Christ, undersheperds who serve Christ to strengthen the flock, to proclaim forgiveness and grace, to exhort us into righteousness. And most of all, we have a promise of an enduring kingdom.
In thanksgiving to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, "let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire" (Heb. 12.28b-29, ESV).
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