Exodus 2:9, “Pharoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him.”
What has been the hardest thing in your life that you have had to trust God for? You might say, which one? There have been so many! How would you rate your courage in the circumstance? Did it waver as the length of the situation seemed to drag on longer than you felt you could endure? My answer would be yes, sometimes.
It doesn’t say in the Bible if Miriam was afraid or not to approach Pharaoh’s daughter, the Egyptian princess, or if the princess was suspicious of Miriam suddenly being there, who was a young Hebrew girl, when she discovered baby Moses in the Nile River and had compassion on him. “Josephus tells us Pharoh’s daughter was his only child.” Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Old Testament. God used Moses’s mother’s courageous plan to save and hide this baby boy and his sister Miriam’s initiative action in her plan. I am sure Miriam’s heart, was beating loudly inside her to come before Pharaoh’s daughter and carry out this bold plan in trusting God for the deliverance of Moses and eventually for the people of Israel. God providentially used this princess, Pharoh’s own daughter, to override Pharaoh’s death decree and protect God’s chosen leader of His people, the Israelites. This was no coincidence.
It describes in Hebrews 11:23 the faith of Moses’s parents: “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child’ and they were not afraid of the king’s command.” That took courage and faith in trusting God would make a way out of their problem. Jochebed did exactly what Pharaoh commanded to be done. Exodus 1:22 states: “Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.” However, she made a waterproof basket to put her baby son in and trusted God to take care of him regarding her baby son’s life, which Miriam was a part of this courageous plan.
God overruled the sinful law, which was a royal death sentence that Pharoah had put in place in government to curtail the population of God’s people. The fantastic miracle was baby Moses was reunited with his mother, who named him Moses. Exodus 2:10 states, “When the child grew older, she took him to Pharoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying “I drew him out of the water.” God intentionally planned Moses’s future to rescue His people from Egypt. “He skillfully guided the parents of Moses, the currents of the Nile, and the heart of Pharaoh’s daughter to further His plan and purpose.” David Guzik, Blue Letter Bible Commentary.
God uses humble and willing people to accomplish His purposes. You may feel you are not very smart, don’t have a captivating personality, or are not very gifted. God uses ordinary people, just like he used Moses’s mother, Jochebed, and his sister, Miriam, who had the courage and faith in God to protect this baby boy from being killed, along with this princess in His ultimate plan. This was a humanly impossible situation. Moses’s mother could not change Pharoh’s new law. But her solution God used miraculously to save her baby son’s life because of the future God had in store for Moses; despite Egypt’s king Pharoh, who did not know about Joseph and saw how the Israelites had become great in numbers and was afraid they would organize themselves to threaten his kingdom. God prevailed and used this princess to save Moses’s life, as He will do for you. Have courage. God will guide you as you seek Him for wisdom and counsel. Trust in God’s plan for your problem.
Have an impossible problem, and you see no possible way out of it? Trust God’s overruling hand. Stay faithful. What does God want from you today? Continue in faith, love, holiness, and self-control. May Psalm 62:6 be your strength, which declares, “He alone is my rock, and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.” Trust God for the way out of your problem. Pray out loud Psalm 28:7-8, “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him. The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.” The Lord will provide words, strength, abilities, deliverance, and courage when needed. Trust Him even when you don’t understand His plan. You are in His presence and that is in a special spot.
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