Moses - An Unlikely Choice: The Exhausted Christian (Exodus 18:17-18)

Series: Moses - An Unlikely Choice

Sermon: The Exhausted Christian

Scripture: Exodus 18:17-18

Date: September 1, 2019

 

So Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.  Both you and these people who are with you will surely wear yourselves out.  For this thing is too much for you; you are not able to perform it by yourself."  (Exodus 18:17-18)

Moses was really good at not taking out his frustration on the people

Moses was really good at not taking things personally.

How does God help us recover from being emotionally and spiritually tired?  Here are a few things God uses to help us:

1. God restores us with His people
   • Exodus 18:8
     
     1. We all need someone to talk with.
        • We need someone we can talk with about the highs and lows of our relationship with the Lord (and life).
        • We need someone to talk to about life.
     2. We all need someone we can worship with.
        • Exodus 18:9-10; 11-12
2. God restores us with His rest
   • Praise God Moses was wise enough to listen.
   • Exodus 18:19-20
   • We all need to exercise, and we all need to eat.
   • "No one is attracted to an unsmiling, always-grim-looking individual especially if he never takes a break to enjoy life.  It is no sign of spirituality that you groan your way through life, looking humble and wanting everybody to be impressed with your rundown, overworked, underpaid, haggard appearance.  Get a life!"  -Charles Swindoll
3. God restores us with Himself
   • He restores us by us spending time with Him and paying attention to Him.
   • Exodus 18:24, NIV
   • Learn to separate the most important from the important.