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“By faith he [Moses] forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27).
As we mentioned two days ago, Moses had many advantages in this world as he grew up, for he was the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter. Yet when the time came for him to be used of the Lord, he willingly forsook Egypt, and did not fear the anger of the king. You may remember that Moses had seen an Egyptian abusing an Israelite, and when he thought no one was looking, he killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. But others found out about it, and eventually Pharaoh found out too. Pharaoh was very angry and would have killed Moses, but Moses left Egypt, and went to live for forty years in the “backside of the desert.” (If you do not know this story, you can read it in Exodus 2.)
During those forty years he learned important lessons as he spent his time keeping sheep. But as our verse says, “he endured,” for by faith his eye was on the Lord, even though he could not actually see Him. We too can forsake this world, and can endure, for by faith we can see the Lord who is directing us.
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