By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger, for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. (Hebrews 11:23-29, NRSVue)
By faith, Moses was protected at birth, as a child, and into his adulthood. Moses followed God even when it meant danger. It is easy to see this because it is a story of our faith. We see Moses as someone we could never be, but the point of this story is not for us to idolize Moses, but for us to see our lives in Moses’ story.
We could have been Moses, and if we operate under faith, things will not always be sunshine and roses, as we see in many of the lives of biblical heroes, but they make it through, and so will you.
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