I've learned that the organizational structure used in
government, business, corporate, non-profits, churches, military, schools and
colleges around the world started with wise counsel and advice within an
unlikely alliance, an out of the ordinary relationship. Two men met, fast
forward more than 40 years later, and find the older man, Jethro, giving
counsel to his younger son-in-law, 80+ year old Moses. Jethro witnessed Moses
serving as the one and only judge to the people. In turn, he informed his
son-in-law that what he was doing wasn't good, and that he and the people would
only wear themselves out.
The wise counsel that has stood the test of time was for
Moses to select capable persons, train them, and appoint them as leaders/judges
over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens (see Exodus 18, Deuteronomy 1). In
your mind’s eye, see the picture of the organizational structure -- the pyramid
or triangular shape. See the managers and supervisors, first line, second line,
third line. At the top is the one head.
This unlikely alliance -- Moses, born to Hebrew parents, raised as a prince of
Egypt, running away from Egypt and running into the priest of Midian who became
his employer and later his father-in-law. Can you see God not only ordering
their footsteps then but our steps today as well? Unusual? Out of the ordinary? Unlikely?
Supernatural?
