Verse
Exodus 18:17
17 So Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you do is not good.
Teaching
Jethro’s verdict was plain: the arrangement was not good. A sacred assignment does not sanctify an ineffective structure. Admitting that a method needs changing is not abandoning the mission; it may be the very way to preserve it. Even God, whom we know to be good and faultless, took time each day during creation to step back and run a goodness test on his work. We too must understand that even when we have done well, we may still have an opportunity to do things even better. A popular saying goes, “If it is working, don’t fix it!” But more recently, management coaches have changed that to “If it’s working, fix it!’. The idea is that something may be working but can work faster or cheaper!
Quote
“A good mission deserves methods that actually work.”
Instruction
Name one routine that is no longer serving its intended purpose.
