When Moses was just a baby, a cruel king of Egypt sent forth an order that all the baby boys of the Israelites should be thrown into the river Nile and drowned. But Moses’ mother was a woman of faith, and so she hid him three months (Heb. 11:2323By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. (Hebrews 11:23)). He was a beautiful child, “exceeding fair,” and she was taught of God to keep him from death. When it was no longer possible to hide him in the home, she made an ark of bulrushes, and put little Moses into it, and laid it by the river, among the long flags. What a dangerous place for a baby with all those crocodiles around!
But God preserved him and sent the daughter of Pharaoh down to the river to rescue him. When she heard the little fellow crying, she took pity on him and drew him out of the water. Moses’ sister, Miriam, was watching to see what would happen, and she came forward and asked if she could get a nurse for the baby. She got her mother and Pharaoh’s daughter told her to nurse him for her. How wonderfully God looked after little Moses. He became the son of Pharaoh’s daughter and when he grew older he became a faithful servant of the Lord and the deliverer of His people.
Like little Moses we were all condemned to death because of sin. But those who trust in the Lord pass safely through death, for “in Christ” they are “drawn out,” like Moses, to live a life of faith and service to God.
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