Moses

February 15

Exodus 2:1-10

A baby on the river

When Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, realized that his plan to stop the Israelites from becoming powerful was failing, he ordered every Hebrew baby boy to be killed.

A man and his wife from the tribe of Levi had a baby son. The mother was able to hide him for three months, but when she could not hide him any longer, she got a basket and coated it with tar. She then put the baby in the basket and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile River.

When Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the river to wash, she noticed the basket in the reeds and sent one of her servants to get it. To her surprise, she found a baby boy inside! His sister, who was standing nearby, quickly went up to the princess and asked if she should get one of the Hebrew women to look after him. Pharaoh’s daughter replied, “Yes, go.” So she went and fetched the baby’s mother, who nursed him.

When the boy grew older, his mother took him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who named him Moses.

Did God know me even before I was born?

You can find the answer in Psalm 139:15–16: “My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place… Your eyes saw my unformed body.”

Isn’t it wonderful that God could see you before you were even born? He saw you grow inside your mother, and He formed you exactly the way He wanted you to be. God gave you your personality. He knew what your strengths would be, as well as the things you would struggle with.

God knew that Moses would be a great leader, so He carefully worked in his life, allowing some weaknesses that would help Moses depend on Him and remain humble (Numbers 12:3).

You may often wish you were more perfect, but God loves you just the way you are, because that is how He formed you.

Verse for today

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart …” Jeremiah 1:5.