Last week we spoke about the
terrible time surrounding Moses' birth. Pharaoh ordered that all
the newborn Hebrew boys should be drowned in the Nile. Now Moses'
parents saw what a beautiful boy he was. And they hid him from the
Egyptian warriors for three months. How they did it I don't know,
because any newborn baby cries some or other time. I think the Lord
blessed their courage and gave them an unusually quiet child. Their
act of faith earned them a standing in the 'Hall of faith' in
Hebrews:
"It was by faith that Moses'
parents hid him for three months. They saw that God had given them
an unusual child, and they were not afraid of what the King might
do." Hebrews 11:23
Amazing courage and faith. No doubt
the Egyptians would have punished them or even killed them if they
found out what they did!
Now when Moses got too big to be
hidden away anymore, his mother summed up all her courage and put
him into a basket made of papyrus reed and placed him on the Nile
river. Where she got the idea to do this I don't know, but I
believe that the Holy Spirit told her to do it.
Her poor mother's heart must have
ached. Anything could have happened to him. A crocodile could have
devoured him, the basket could have tipped and he could have
drowned, anything was possible. But as the Hebrew writer suggests,
she had faith that God would help. She didn't ask questions and she
didn't blame God for this situation. She simply did what she could
do amidst the evil surrounding her.
As I said last week, we all feel
surrounded by evil on a regular basis. I think we also feel like
Moses' mother did sometimes. And I think we feel so incompetent to
do anything about it. I know I do. But like Moses' mother, we can
do the little that God has placed in our hearts in His fight
against evil. We should not take revenge in our own hands and we
should not blame God, but we can pray. We can pray and intercede
for our country and for our family and friends. Not only that, we
must help people where we can and we must step out in faith
whenever God tells us to. And then we can pray that God take our
little efforts and make a big difference with it in His war against
evil. All we need to do is be faithful with what He tells us to
do.
Lord, help us to step out in faith
whenever You require it of us. Give us clear guidance please, so
that we know exactly what You want us to do. Lord we pray for our
country and we pray that Your Will be done. Intervene in all the
evil that is rampant, as we know it doesn't come from You. Please
forgive us where we have sinned and help to free our country from
any bondage that it might be under. We pray that in Jesus mighty
Name. Amen