Exodus 18:1-12 - Homilies By J. Urquhart

The Consolations of those who suffer loss for the Kingdom of God.

I. THE REUNION OF THE SEPARATED . To Moses, who had to leave behind him wife and children because God's errand would brook no delay, these are now restored.

1 . There is no loss to those who suffer for the kingdom of God's sake.

2 . God fills the cup of his servants with consolations. God's care had been exercised not only over him in Egypt, but also over wife and children in Midian.

II. THE THEME OF THOSE WHO FEAR GOD . God's marvellous works ( Exodus 18:8 , Exodus 18:9 ). It was not the subject of public discourse or formal greeting, but of private converse within "the tent." This is a mark of the true servant of God; to him God and his goodness are the most real and wondrous of all things.

III. THE RESULT OF THE TESTIMONY .

1 . Jethro's confession of Jehovah.

2 . His sacrifice to him. The stranger makes a feast before Israel's God for the princes of Israel. Those whom we bring to God make a feast, in their faith and love, for our soul before the Lord.— U .