I have recently realized I do not have to be responsible for everything and everyone. I use to feel like i had to always be available to everyone at anytime. My reasoning was, isn’t that what Jesus would do? But then I started realizing no it is not! He got away from the crowds and took a break. If there are things that you can have other people do, let them do it. Ask someone to help. Maybe they are too shy to ask if they can help, but they would love to, In Exodus 18 Moses was busy all day instructing the people and settling disputes. His father in law encouraged him to let others help.
Exodus 18:13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, “What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?”
15 Moses answered him, “Because the people come to me to seek God’s will. 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God’s decrees and instructions.”
17 Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their disputes to him. 20 Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave. 21 But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
I encourage you to value your time and others will too. There may be things you are supposed to be doing for yourself or your family that are going to make a huge impact, but won’t happen if you do not have the time.
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