Balance 平衡.
Moses experienced some exciting things after leaving Egypt, but now he returns to the everyday duties of life. God balances our lives and gives us enough burdens to keep us humble and enough blessings to keep us happy. Moses returned to his family, told them all that God had done, and then worshiped the Lord with them.
摩西离开埃及后经历了一些极其兴奋的事，但他现在返回到了日常职务。神平衡了我们的生活，给予我们足够担子使我们谦卑，也给予我们足够祝福使我们快乐。摩西回到了家人身边，并告诉他们神所行的一切，与他们一同敬拜耶和华。
Counsel 忠告.
Sometimes an outsider can see things more clearly than those who are doing the work, and we must always be open to counsel (Prov. 12:15; 13:10). Moses was trying to do all the work himself and he was not making a distinction between major matters and minor problems. He needed assistants and he needed priorities. Note that Jethro expected Moses to seek God’s will in the matter (v. 23). What seems like good counsel from men might be bad counsel in God’s sight, so we must always ask for God’s directions (Acts 27:9–14).
局外者清；有时第三者所看到的东西比自己还要清楚，所以我们必须敞开听取别人的忠告（箴12:15；13:10）。摩西试着要完成所有大小事务，不分主次。他需要助手，也需要主次分明。请注意，叶忒罗认为摩西在这件事上是必须征求神的旨意（23节）。一个从人看似良善的忠告，在神看来可能是不好的，所以我们必须凡事向神寻求指示（徒27:9-14）。
Leadership 领导.
Verse 21 describes the kind of leaders God needs, people characterized by ability, the fear of God, honesty, and a hatred for covetousness. (See Acts 6:3 for additional leadership qualities.) Moses was a great man, but he could not do the job alone. God may not call you to be a leader, but He may want you to help a leader do a better job.
第21节描述神所要的带领者，这包括有能力的、敬畏神的、有诚信的、并厌恶贪婪的人。（带领者的其它素质，请参考徒6:3）摩西是一个伟大的人，但他却无法单独完成所有的工作。神可能没有呼召你成为一名带领者，但祂可能要你帮助一名带领者更好地完成事工。
Praying the Scripture 用经文祷告
- After seeing his family, in Exodus 18:8, Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way and how the LORD had delivered them. (Ex 18:8) Do you tell your family members what the Lord did for us? Pray that we will be like Moses who are not ashamed of the Lord but testified for Him and gave glory to His name.
在出埃及记18:8，摩西见到家人后，就告诉自己的岳父神为以色列的缘故向法老和埃及人所行的一切事，以及路上所遭遇的一切艰难，并耶和华怎样搭救他们。你是否也告诉你的家人主为你所做的一切呢？请祷告我们可以像摩西一样，不但不以主为耻，反倒要为祂作证，并将荣耀归给祂的名。
- Jethro’s response was, “Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people.” And Moses’ father-in-law brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God. (Ex 18:11-12) Let’s pray that our family members will respond like Jethro who acknowledged God and worshiped Him. Then the rest of us can celebrate together with them.
叶忒罗的回应是：“我现今在埃及人向这百姓发狂傲的事上得知，耶和华比万神都大。”摩西的岳父叶忒罗就把燔祭和平安祭献给神。亚伦和以色列的众长老都来了，与摩西的岳父在神面前吃饭（出18:11-12）。让我们祈祷自己的家人能像叶忒罗一样，以承认和敬拜来回应神。这样，我们都能与他们一同庆祝了。
- What are the qualities of leadership we should be looking for? Exodus 18:21 gives us the list. Firstly we should look for able men. Secondly we should look for men who fear God. Thirdly, we should look for men who are trustworthy and lastly men that hate bribes (Ex 18:21) Let’s pray that God raises more men with these qualities to serve Him.
我们应该寻找怎么样的带领者呢？出埃及记18:21为我们提供了一个列表。首先，我们应该寻找有能力的人。其次，我们应该寻找敬畏神的人。第三，我们应该寻找值得信赖的人。最后，他必须是憎恨贿赂的人（出18:21）。让我们祈祷神能兴起拥有以上特质的人来侍奉祂。
