God is a genius! He does many things at the same time. The most amazing part of this Bible story is that the king’s daughter adopted baby Moses. Remember, this is the daughter of the man who gave the command to kill all the Hebrew baby boys. The man who would lead the Hebrews out of slavery grew up in the king’s palace. Amazing!
The Bible says, “But our Lord will laugh at them. He will make sure they get what they deserve” (Psalm 37:13). Just make sure he’s not laughing at you!
Normally, we should obey government rulers. But, if the government passes a law that commands us to murder babies, we should disobey. Because every person is created in the image of God, no one has the right to murder another person.
There’s another lesson here. The Egyptians made the Hebrew slaves work very hard. They treated them unfairly because they were afraid of them. God blessed the Hebrews, and they continued to grow in number.
God can bless you even when people are mean to you. The world is full of people like the Egyptian slave owners. They are afraid. Fearful people do strange things. The only way to drive fear out of our lives is to let God’s love into our hearts. The Apostle John said that God is love, and where God is there is no fear “because God’s perfect love takes away fear” (1 John 4:18).
Think About This: As Baby Moses floated down the Nile River, God protected him in a basket that someone wove. God wants to protect you by weaving your life into a pattern that will bring blessing to you and glory to him.
Memorize This Truth: “And the mother and father of Moses hid him for three months after he was born. They did this because they had faith. They saw that Moses was a beautiful baby. And they were not afraid to disobey the king’s order” (Hebrews 11:23).
Can you think of laws the government might pass that you should disobey?
What would you say to a government official who wanted to know why you disobeyed a law?
Copyright 2011 Carey Kinsolving
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