Moses- Drawn from the Water

22Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”

 1Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket^a 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. 4His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. 6She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

7Then 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. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.9Pharaoh’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. 10When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses,^b saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

Thoughts: The Egyptians were trying to cut the Hebrew population down bu killing the boys (infanticide).  Judeo-Christian religion has always valued life and did not believe in child sacrifice, or in infanticide.  Moses' mother loved him but had to protect him by hiding him and then floating him down the mighty Nile river in a basket.  Pharaoh's daughter found the baby and adopted him.  She named him "Moses" which meant "Drew" , for she drew him out of the water.  Moses' sister, Miriam made sure Moses was nursed by his own mother. 
    Moses was not only saved and nourished by God, but he was being groomed to free his people.  

He would be in the palace of one of the greatest kingdoms in the history of the world.  He would learn to be a leader and to read and write.  He would have the education of a prince, and the knowledge to lead his people. 
    Sometimes a terrible environment can be a place where we can grow and be used by God.  

Prayer: Lord, may your love lead me through the hard times of life, trusting you.