A witness to the one true and living God
We are living in a day similar to the time of the book of Exodus. Satan viciously attacked God's people then, and very subtly he attacks God's people today.
Pharaoh, a type of Satan, charged all his people concerning the children of Israel: "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive." Ex. 1:2222And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. (Exodus 1:22). Satan wants to take our children away, especially the boys—the men. If the boys were wiped out, the girls would grow up and marry the Egyptians. Thus Satan would destroy Israel, and today Satan would destroy us as a witness to the one true and living God.
Both Heb. 11 and Acts 7 tell us of the faith of Moses’ parents. As long as they could, they hid the child Moses from the world. Our children can be hidden from the world in their years before school. Then, when in school, a real exercise must take place, as there must have been on the part of Moses’ parents. They committed him to a protected part of the river, in the flags. So may we do with our children.
Moses’ parents were of one accord in doing all this. They were of the same tribe. The Scriptures say, "Children, obey your parents." (Notice that "parents" is plural.) That is, both parents would be in agreement as to what a child should be told to do.
Brothers and sisters in the family can have a big influence. Miriam does in Moses’ family. How wonderful now to be raised in a Christian home. We can bear one another's burdens (Gal. 6:22Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2)). We need each other.
When Moses was grown (Ex. 2:1111And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. (Exodus 2:11)), he went out and looked on his brethren. He saw what the problem was, as we sometimes do, but he lacked wisdom. He has to flee, and God takes over and puts him in His school. There Moses learns that he is not to be a ruler and a judge, but a ruler and a deliverer.
In Ex. 2:6, 76And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. 7Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? (Exodus 2:6‑7) we see that God works through circumstances. "The babe wept." This attracted the attention and the heart of the princess. No doubt Moses’ parents were praying. We can always do this for our children. When we are overwhelmed by our circumstances, we must look to the God of those circumstances. "When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then Thou knewest my path." Psa. 142:33When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. (Psalm 142:3).
When Moses fled, "he sat down by a well" (v. 15). Next we see a change in his attitude; he drew water. He watered the flock. He takes the humble place and becomes a servant and a real help watering the flocks. Then Moses was content (v. 21).
In verses 24 and 25 we see that "God heard" and "God remembered" and "God had respect unto them." Then in Deut. 33:11And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (Deuteronomy 33:1) it speaks of Moses as "the man of God."