God Draws Us In.

Exodus 2:1-10
1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said.
7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?"
8 "Yes, go," she answered. And the girl went and got the baby's mother. 9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water."

This is a beautiful display of God's work! He is so good. God can create not just a perfect baby, but a beautiful baby. In addition, the woman was used by God to nurse the child. God created such a beautiful child later named Moses to sustain the faith of his parents.

Do you ever try to have control over something until one day you realize there's nothing more you can do? You're only option at that point is to turn things over to God using faith. God was reaching out to Moses' parents. If you have a good deal of faith you can trust God completely. It takes some getting used to, in a way, because you can't necessarily see God. However, he's there! You can certainly tell by all the blessings he bestows upon us.

By verse 7, you can see that the parents had done everything to provide an affectionate and caring atmosphere for the child, out of the King's request. They had to do their best to preserve their child's life. By putting their trust God, they put safety into his hands. They gave Moses to God!

Moses was then resurrected like Christ by the Princess of Egypt who rose him from the dead and put him in a high place.

When we are giving into the world and sin, God lifts us up. Just like Moses was drawn out of the water, God does all he can to bring us close to him whenever we drift too far away. He reels back in on his fishing line. Thank God for his mercy!

Listen to the words of the song: "Draw Me Close To You."



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