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The unwanted advice complex!

The unwanted advice complex!

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 You know that person who really has no business giving you advice... but its good advice? I remember when a pastor/mentor would say that you find out what’s inside of you when you are thrown against the wall.  This week’s podcast has a bit of transparency about how I handled the chaos of -7 degree weather, 20 inches of snow and being without power on the mountain…. Come on in! B   Want to know more… Check it out!   OR want the show notes...  Just scroll down!     Listen on Spotify Or iTunes or Youtube Stitcher:  https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/leading-from-the-edge   Want to know more? Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leadingfromtheedge/ Join the conversation on my website: http://www.leadinfromtheedge.net   SHOW NOTES Snow, Pipes, and what I learned about myself… I remember when a pastor/mentor would say that you find out what’s inside of you when you are thrown against the wall. This week’s podcast has a bit of transparency about how I handled the chaos of -7 degree weather, 20 inches of snow, and being without power on the mountain…. Come on in! B    So this is one of those podcasts where you get to see how unpolished and still growing I am. Transparency alert…   I was reading in Exodus with our family reading through the bible in a year…  So, as a leader who loves to teach leadership, I have forever been drawn to the passage in Exodus 18   5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: 6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro have come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law   They meet, Moses tells his father in law all that had happened, pharaoh, Israel fleeing, the wilderness, the fire - everything…     9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness     Then Jethro sacrifices to the Lord   Now we go to verse  13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.   I love this passage next because it stood out to me in a BIG way!   Set the stage here Moses has been gone for years… Jethro is an idolatry worshipper… But there is a conversion that takes place... and then…  The NEXT DAY    Moses Father in law - who hasn’t led the nati0on of Israel out of Egypt, hasn’t suffered through plagues and persecution, hasn’t been chased by the armies of Pharaoh, hasn’t had to leave in the night,….    He comes and watches Moses and says…     14 And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?     Moses explains… but no one else can do it I have to hear from God for leading them...   15 And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.     Jethro says, umm - nope   17 And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.   And he goes into a long discussion on HOW to do it Like this is a true business consultation happening right in front of our eyes     Skip down to 22 and we hear one of the biggest reasons why…   22 And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all these people shall also go to their place in peace.   And then the kicker…  24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said.   I've always taught this as in Moses delegating to people. , not holding onto everything and being the only one who can do it, because no one else can do it as I can…   And that is a great thing to learn... But this time when I read it I had to ask myself…  Can I get counsel from those around me that maybe aren’t my trusted source?  Am I humble enough to be willing to learn from those around me, my family, my friends?    And before you go into the defense posture that we should have wise counsel, and to not be unequally yoked, and that those who are not Christians are not able to speak into your life….    - I completely agree (and I started that argument myself)…   But what I read when I see those passages  There are a few important things   Proverbs 11: 14 Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in...
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