REWARD OF A STRONG FAITHFUL MOTHER
"When she saw
him, that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months" Exod. 2:2
Necessarily the
outstanding figure in this book is Moses.
He was the chosen instrument of God for
carrying out the purposes of His will. Prepared
by remarkable experiences, he was brought to that faith in God which made
possible his employment in this way. It is fit for us to recognize at once
that the faith of Moses was preceded, and so made possible, by the faith of his
parents as also seen in 2 Tim 1:5.
This is explicitly stated by the writer of the letter to the Hebrews 11:23; "By faith Moses, when he was born, was
hid three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a goodly child;
and they were not afraid of the king's commandment." The
picture of that mother, hiding the baby-boy, because she believed in God, is a
very suggestive one. When, one day, the 11th chapter of Hebrews is elaborated
and completed, and in the light of God's ultimate victories we read the
splendid record of how His city has been built by faith, how many stories like
this shall we find? We shall certainly have stories of men of conspicuous
ability and adventure, who have led and directed the movements of the hosts of
God. But we shall surely then also
discover that these men were often provided and preserved, begotten and
nurtured, by men and women of faith. What the whole world owes to the
strong and simple fathers and mothers who have wrought with God by faith, will
then be known. It is surely a great thing, thus to see, at the back of all the
subsequent story, this mother hiding a baby, her heart free from the fear of
the king, because she believed in God.
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