Exodus 2:1-3 VIV
"Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile."
"Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile."
The hour had struck for the enslaved Hebrews to be emancipated from Egypt. The prophecy given to Abraham about four centuries earlier (Gen. 15:13-14) was about to be fulfilled. The nation that Satan wanted to stamp out of existence was about to rise up and trample the world. To accomplish His purpose, God sent a baby into the world.
That is usually God’s way. F.W. Boreham observed it as he surveyed the year 1809. That year stood midway between two great battles that shaped the destiny of the world: the Battle of Trafalgar, which destroyed the naval might of Napoleon, and the Battle of Waterloo, which destroyed his military might. Everyone was thinking of battles. Nobody was thinking of babies; yet in that one year, William Gladstone was born in Liverpool (prime minister), Lord Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby(british poet), Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Massachusetts (Supreme justice), Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky (16th US president), Frederick Chopin was born in Warsaw (Polish Composer and pianist), and Felix Mendelsohn was born in Hamburg (German composer, conductor and pianist). Boreham commented:
Which of the battles of 1809 mattered more than the babies of 1809? When a wrong wants righting or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it. That is why, long, long ago, a Babe was born at Bethlehem.
That is usually God’s way. F.W. Boreham observed it as he surveyed the year 1809. That year stood midway between two great battles that shaped the destiny of the world: the Battle of Trafalgar, which destroyed the naval might of Napoleon, and the Battle of Waterloo, which destroyed his military might. Everyone was thinking of battles. Nobody was thinking of babies; yet in that one year, William Gladstone was born in Liverpool (prime minister), Lord Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby(british poet), Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Massachusetts (Supreme justice), Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky (16th US president), Frederick Chopin was born in Warsaw (Polish Composer and pianist), and Felix Mendelsohn was born in Hamburg (German composer, conductor and pianist). Boreham commented:
Which of the battles of 1809 mattered more than the babies of 1809? When a wrong wants righting or a work wants doing, or a truth wants preaching, or a continent wants opening, God sends a baby into the world to do it. That is why, long, long ago, a Babe was born at Bethlehem.
And that is why, long before the birth of Jesus, another babe was born in a slave hut on the banks of the Nile. Moses towers like a titan across the vast pages of our Bible. He is mentioned in 261 verses in Exodus, 80 verses in Leviticus, 216 verses in Numbers, 35 verses in Deuteronomy, 51 verses in Joshua, and 47 verses in the other historical books. The book of Psalms and the Prophets also refer to him. He is mentioned in 37 verses in the Gospels, 19 verses in Acts, and 22 verses in the Epistles. The book of Revelation also refers to him. Altogether he is mentioned in 784 verses in the Bible: 705 in the Old Testament and 79 in the New Testament.
Moses is one of the greatest men God ever made. Known as the emancipator and lawgiver of Israel, he was also a scholar, soldier, statesman, and saint. He was one of the two men who were sent back from the otherworld to confer with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:18). He wrote the first song in Scripture (Exod. 15:119), and in glory, they still sing the song of Moses. Only now it is muted as the great stanzas of that song awake the echoes of the everlasting hills in “The song of the Lamb”(Rev. 15:3). Much of the credit for what he became must be given to his mother, Jochebed.
Moses is one of the greatest men God ever made. Known as the emancipator and lawgiver of Israel, he was also a scholar, soldier, statesman, and saint. He was one of the two men who were sent back from the otherworld to confer with Christ on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matt. 17:18). He wrote the first song in Scripture (Exod. 15:119), and in glory, they still sing the song of Moses. Only now it is muted as the great stanzas of that song awake the echoes of the everlasting hills in “The song of the Lamb”(Rev. 15:3). Much of the credit for what he became must be given to his mother, Jochebed.
ACTION STEP: During this time of quarantining, I want to remind us all of the importance of our children. Those of you caring for and raising the leaders of tomorrow, you are of vital importance to the future of our nation and our faith. God has great plans for our country and the church. We must ever be preparing for what He has in store for us. We all need to pray for the young people of America and the world. Whether you are a parent or not, one day we will be old and the young people will be the ones making the decisions and leading the way. Which way will the leaders of tomorrow be leading us? I believe it depends on what they are being trained in today. What are we modeling? What are we teaching? What values are we instilling? The future will expose whether we are raising Moses or Pharaohs. The choice is ours.
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