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The opening verses of Exodus 2 tell a story of courage, love, and faith under impossible circumstances. After the courage of Shiphrah and Puah (the midwives), who defied Pharaoh’s command at great personal risk, we now meet a family who must live with the consequences of that same edict.
“Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.” (Exodus 2 v 1-4)
A Levite woman gives birth to a son at a time when Hebrew baby boys are under threat. For three months, she has hidden him; can you imagine this?
Eventually, she can no longer keep him hidden.
There are times when we have to release what we treasure the most and trust God with the outcome. This was one of those times for Moses’ mother.
Maybe you have done all you can, and it was never going to be enough to control the outcome. Like this mother, you now find yourself placing your hope into an uncertain future. You might not know what tomorrow brings, but you serve one who does.
Interestingly, the Hebrew word for ‘basket’ here is the same as the one used for Noah’s ark. Jochebed (his mother) did all she could to prepare the basket for him, just as Noah had done in preparing the ark. She coated it with tar and pitch. That’s what she could do. What she couldn’t do was in the hands of God.
The sister of Moses (Miriam) was too young to do anything to help, but she is positioned for what lies ahead.
Where are you in this story?
You might be Jochebed, doing everything within your power, but you know you are now in God’s hands.
You might be Miriam, feeling too powerless to do anything meaningful, yet positioned by God for a role you can’t yet see.
You might be the baby, carried along by currents you can’t control, unaware of what is going to play out in the story God is writing for your life.
One thing is true: God is already downstream, writing the next part of your story.
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