Exodus 2:3 “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.”
Moses would die unless she acted
now. Jochebed, his mother, desperate to avoid the fate of Pharaoh’s order that
all Hebrew boys be thrown in the Nile at birth, knew an act of intense faith
was required.
Jochebed knew the God of the
Hebrews to be a God who cared for her ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. But
where was God now? Would God not save her son?
The key to the survival of
Moses, who would lead God’s people to freedom, was the radical faith of his
mother. She grasped the real meaning of ‘let go and let God.’ That is a trite
saying until you must make the decision to place your son in a basket, releasing
him into the river, waiting to see what happens.
When the solution to your
deepest concerns is beyond your control, place the problem in basket and wait
to see what happens.
Life-giving faith allows God
to be God.
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