Deuteronomy 1:9 aays, And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: Moses reminded them that he alone did not govern them, but that he had asked God for help, and God set up their government, both civil and spiritual. No one person should attempt to declare himself, or herself, as the only one capable of doing either today. Verse ten adds, The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. Moses said while he had ruled over them that God had multiplied them just as He had promised Abraham that He would. We today need to faithfully share the gospel so that God can continue to increase His kingdom. Verse eleven continues, (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) Moses asked that God continue to increase their numbers, and He has. Verse twelve asks, How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Moses asked how he by himself could hear all their problems. Fortunately, God had not left Moses alone in doing this, and He does not leave us alone to carry out His work today, even if we at times may want to think so. Verse thirteen adds, Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Moses had told the people to take wise men of understanding and he would make them rulers over them. This selection by the people and blessing by Moses was to all be done by God's guidance. Verse fourteen continues, And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. Moses reminded them that they had said that this was a good thing and that they would do it. Verse fifteen states, So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. By God's guidance, Moses had set up the leadership structure of all the tribes. We today need to make sure that God's church, both the local congregations and the church as a whole, is led by people that God appoints to every position to the best of our ability under God's guidance. Verse sixteen adds, And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Moses said that he charged the judges that he, under God's guidance, appointed to judge righteously. We need the same thing in the church today. Verse seventeen continues, Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. Moses again reminded the people that they were to be impartial in their judgment. We as followers of Christ cannot have different standards for judging different people based on who they are or what they own. Moses also said if a question or situation was too hard for them, to bring it to him. I believe that if we find ourselves in a situation that seems to be too hard to understand that all parties involved should bring our concerns to God under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. Verse eighteen concludes, And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. Moses said that when these rulers were appointed that he told them all that they should do. As Christians today, God has already told us all that we should do in governing the church. The first step is to seek God's will to help us appoint wise men to be in charge in the church.
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