By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. Hebrews11:23
When Moses was born his parents knew there was something special about him. We don't know how they knew - it may have been a vision or a dream or a sign - but they were convinced that they had to do everything possible to save him.
Pharaoh had issued an order to have Hebrew baby boys killed. He backed it up with grim-faced soldiers who would have unflinchingly killed those who stood in their way. In spite of this Moses' parents hid him.
For THREE MONTHS!
Can you imagine the strain and the tension?
Can you imagine the courage needed?
Then they floated him down the stream in a basket with Moses' sister Miriam following so that when Pharaoh's daughter picked him up, Miriam could offer her mom as a wet-nurse.
Pharaoh's daughter is also defiant - she knows immediately that this is a Hebrew child and she knows of her father's genocidal order. She adopts Moses and raises him in front of her father.
Faith is defiant.
It courageously challenges the status quo and refuses to be intimidated by pressure.
Society's rat race and peer pressure grinds away courage, hope and faith. Let's consider Moses' family: His parents, his sister and his adoptive mother and let's learn from them!
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Theo Groeneveld theo@emmanuel.org.za
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