Exodus 2

“God remembered” is just another way of saying that God works according to His timing! Don’t forget that God is never caught by surprise.

Genesis 15:13-16 (WEB) “He said to Abram, ‘Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth; but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.’ “

Look at the bravery of Moses’ family here. They find a way to hide him, they put him by the riverbank, and his sister watches over him. Were they just being caring, or was there more to it? Did they understand that God had a plan for him?

Acts 7:20 (WEB) “At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.”

Their faith and love are rewarded. Pharoah’s daughter finds him, raises him, and his mother ends up being his nurse. However, he is still a Hebrew, and his defense of one of his brethren ends up with him committing murder. Pharoah ends up hearing about it, and he has to run for his life. While in Midian he protects some young women at a waterhole and ends up marrying one of them and having a family!

Thought for the day: Pharoah’s fear and racism led to this, but Moses plays right into his hand. I can just hear the accusations: “The Hebrew’s are dangerous! I even raised one and he turned into a monster!” We may want to defend Moses for protecting his countryman, but there’s a difference between protection and murder. And his own brethren don’t see him as one of them because he was raised in Pharoah’s household. How often do we allow our own prejudices to affect our thoughts and behavior?

1 Samuel 16:7 (WEB) “But the LORD said to Samuel…’for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’ “