Exodus 2:1-10
Daniel 11:32b ‘. . . but the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits’.
Moses was born at an interesting time. The Pharoah at the time of His birth threatened by the success of the Isrealites in Egypt, had ordered that all male Hebrew children be killed as soon as they were born.
Jochebed, Moses’ mother dared to defy the king’s decree. I’ve wondered a lot, how it must have been for her. She gave birth to a son, who she thought was too adorable to be killed to appease some king’s insecurities. She kept her son hidden at home, for the first 3 months of his life, and when she could hide him no longer, she came up with a crazy plan.
She put him in a basket covered with asphalt and pitch and laid him among the reeds by the river bank. What on earth was she thinking? Wasn’t she afraid the child could die, or be swept away by the currents? Wasn’t she afraid some jealous neighbor who’d submitted her own son to be killed would call the authorities?
A lot of times, God places in our hearts, a call however feeble, to step out of our comfort zones and do something extraordinary for him. I bet Jochebed and Amram, Moses’ parents, had no clue that God was going to use their son so mightily long after they were gone. He just honored their faith. She had stepped out in faith and God honored her faith.
Hezekiah, King of Israel during a protracted illness was told by the Prophet that it was time to die. He dared to think otherwise, cried out to God and was granted 15 more years. Helen Keller left blind, deaf and dumb after a devastating illness when she was five went on to live a life that inspired millions of people around the globe because her teacher Anne Sullivan refused to give up on her.
Are you settling for second best in your life? Are you where you really should be, doing what you really should be doing? If not, what’s stopping you? Are you cowering in fear, making incessant excuses for yourself?
Today, I charge you to push your borders, question your limitations. Don’t take every ‘No’ as ‘No’. Most oppositions we face are opportunities for glory in disguise! Look at them at little more closely and differently, too.
Stop taking No for an answer. Step out, I dare you.
Shalom.