Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. The obedience is complete and immediate. Moses, the leader of a nation, the one through whom God delivered Israel from Egypt, listens to the advice of a Midianite priest and does everything he said. The humility required to receive counsel from outside one's own community and to implement it fully rather than partially is the mark of genuine wisdom. Proverbs 12:15 says the way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Moses is wise not only because he received divine instruction at the burning bush but because he receives human wisdom from his father-in-law at the wilderness camp. The capacity to learn from multiple sources — divine and human — is what makes leadership sustainable.

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