TUESDAY, JANUARY 8
Exodus 2:9-10
Psalm 2:1-12

“He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh ...”

THE WRATH OF MAN MOCKED BY GOD

Miriam managed to convince Pharaoh’s daughter to get a Hebrew wet nurse for the little baby who had won her heart. This made it possible for Moses’ own mother, Jochebed, to be the guardian on behalf of Pharaoh’s daughter. When Pharaoh’s daughter met Jochebed, her instructions were to take and nurse the child for her. Pharaoh’s daughter even told Jochebed that she would pay her wages for this “job.” Jochebed nursed Moses, and in time, Pharaoh’s own daughter made him her own son. She named him Moses (meaning “to draw out”) since she drew him out of water.

Was Pharaoh’s attempted genocide of the Hebrew people merely to protect his own nation and keep his slaves? We must note that the growth of this people was critical for the formation of the nation of Israel from which the Saviour would come. Satan therefore had to eliminate this ethnic group in order to thwart God’s salvation plan. But God raised a man to lead these people out to form the nation. Neither Satan nor the most powerful king on earth was able to stop God’s plan. Pharaoh was wroth at not being able to suppress the births of the male children. He devised a devilish scheme to get his own people to murder every male infant boy. Could any Hebrew male child escape? God easily overrules man’s evil plots. God not only used Pharaoh’s very own daughter to rescue Moses (the future leader of the Exodus), He also used Pharaoh’s money to nurse this child. Moreover, this child was brought up and educated under Pharaoh’s nose, in his own palace (Acts 7:21-22)! Pharaoh’s own resources was used to raise Moses, and he would lead God’s people through and out of the parted waters of the Red Sea! Are you still concerned about evil schemes against you as you obey God and do His will?

THOUGHT: God will laugh at the schemes of man to destroy His plans.
PRAYER: LORD, I trust Thee for Thou art wise and powerful.