This is why I trust in God pt 15 – Moses was hidden.

What is out to bring you down today? Is it a diagnosis? Some discouragement? A threat of some kind.

The last verse of Exodus 1 heralds a dangerous threat if you were parents of a 3 month old boy. “Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”

Here is our verse, “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.” (Hebrews 11 v 23)

The Exodus 2 account shows us that the parents were naturally proud of their child, he was good looking. There isn’t any prophetic sign that they knew he would be the redeemer but the author in using ‘no ordinary child’ could be using a Jewish thought that they did.

They hid Moses for 3 months in defiance against this evil ethnic cleansing.

Pharaoh can never cull everything. There is always a broken reed that is not removed. There is always a smouldering wick not snuffed out. There is always a Moses. A survivor will always be found. You may be beaten up on the side of the road of life half-dead but definitely half alive too. You may think this is the worst time of your life but you do not realise that at this same time something new is emerging. In the death there is life. It looks perhaps like an end but there is a beginning.
And this is something very different to what was previously known. This is no ordinary moment. This has the potential to be one of the most inspirational moments of your life. This could even be the redeeming of what has been lost before. This will bring a time of knowing the voice of God more, perhaps of experiencing His presence in an unquestionable way and maybe this will take you on a whole new journey, a new chapter has begun.
Moses is hidden.
What you can do now is to take care of this moment. Don’t throw this moment away. Don’t ignore it and don’t boast of it either. Let it be hidden for a while for the moment will come and the world will see.
Moses is hidden.
For to us a child was born, Jesus. He was hidden. Not for 3 months but for many years. And He is here with you. Hidden in your life. It is never over. It may be hell and death may be all around but He is the resurrection. He is crafting a new chapter. Take care of your faith. Look after it. For from this faith impossibilities can come.