What Only You Can Do

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.

Jethro watched Moses judge the people from morning to evening and told him what nobody else would: you will wear away. Not you might. You will.

Moses was not hoarding control. He was doing genuine, needed, God-honouring work. That is what makes this trap so hard to see — the work is real, you are good at it, and people are helped.

But notice the warning had two victims: both thou, and this people. A leader who carries too much does not only exhaust himself. He becomes the bottleneck everyone waits on.

Look honestly at last week. Most of what feels essential is simply familiar — and the things only you can do are usually fewer than five.