MONDAY, JANUARY 7
Exodus 1:22-2:8
Hebrews 11:23

“… they were not afraid
of the king’s commandment.”

WHO PROTECTS YOUR CHILD?

At first, Pharaoh made the children of Israel so busy and oppressed hoping that they would not have more children. Next, he tried to kill the newborn males using the Hebrew midwives. When both plans failed, he resorted to asking his own people to cast every male Hebrew baby into the river! A Levite couple bore a son in the midst of Pharaoh’s genocidal order. This Levite boy was Moses. Moses’ mother saw that the child was a goodly child and decided to hide him to save him from being thrown into the river. But after three months, she could conceal him no further. So she put the baby in a small vessel which she waterproofed, and put it among the bushes in the river. Miriam, Moses’ sister, watched from afar. At this point, Pharaoh’s daughter came to bathe in the same location and spotted the ark. When she opened the ark, this baby started to cry. She pitied the child though she knew it was a Hebrew child. Miriam sprang on the scene and got Pharaoh’s daughter to agree to have a Hebrew nurse the child for her!

Are you thinking how “lucky” it was that this helpless baby in a box would float by Pharaoh’s daughter at her bath time and move her heart and be saved by her? Was it “luck” that baby Moses cried, and Miriam’s appearance was so perfectly timed? This was not “luck.” It was God who intervened every step of the way. Parents, you may think that you are protecting and providing for your child. But it is when you helplessly watch your child in a vulnerable situation beyond your control that you will realise it is indeed only God who is able to protect your child. God can care for your child better than anyone in the world. It is not the best insurance plans, the finest education, the connections in high places, nor the building up of a sterling resume that matter most for their future. God commended Moses’ parents for their faith (Heb 11:23). What matters most is that you are leaning upon God alone.

THOUGHT: What am I trusting in for my child’s future?
PRAYER: LORD, teach me to put my faith in Thee alone as I fulfil my responsibilities to my children.