Exodus 2:2-3 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
No doubt, parents have fears, and mothers have fears for their children. They fear the lack of success that their children might experience and the harm that could come. They fear the heartbreak that their children might endure. Perhaps they fear that their child isn’t saved. The fears they have, both real and imagined, can all be overcome by trust and faith in God. Moses’s parents had a very real fear. Their fear was played out no doubt before their very eyes. I can only imagine the scenes that took place as other children were found out, killed, and thrown into the river. As Moses was born, his parents determined to hide him in the house for as long as they could to protect him. When she delivered her son, she hid him for three months. When she could no longer hide him, she made an ark of bulrushes, dabbed it with slime and pitch, and put the child in it. She laid it in the flags by the river.
Children are precious. Unfortunately, in the day and age we live in, not everyone shares that view. Too often, children are considered an inconvenience, a career stopper, and the right to end their lives without judgment is lobbied for and demanded. But all children are precious, and their lives matter. The lives of children matter; the lives of the unborn matter. What they will become, we cannot see when they are children, but God knows exactly what they will become and what they can do. The reality is that every child has the potential to be someone who could change the world.
Back in the 1700s, there was a young baby who was born on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean. He was born out of wedlock, orphaned, and unwanted by his parents because he was deemed inconvenient. However, he was adopted by a wealthy merchant and sent to New York City to be educated. He was a bright young man who grew to be a brilliant adult. He became a founding father and helped write the United States Constitution that child was Alexander Hamilton. He was a child who was unwanted, a child who was inconvenient, but he was a child who changed the world and our nation.
Though He was born in difficult times, God had big plans for Moses. God had big plans for him, and no one could imagine what Moses might become, but God knew it, and his parents trusted that God could take care of him.
Exo 2:3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
It was a dangerous time, but Moses was born in a perilous time for babies because Pharaoh had determined to control the population of Israel. Exo 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Exo 1:16 And he said When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Pharaoh said, “All right, so the hard labor and the taskmasters aren’t accomplishing the goal. They continue to grow in population. So what we’re going to do is we’re going to kill all the male children, and we’re going to diminish their population that way.” The instructions to the midwives were to kill the children, to murder them at birth, the male babies at their birth. But in Exo 1:17, the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the men’s children alive. The Bible tells us that the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
They refused because they feared God more than they feared man. They said, “No, we’re not going to do that.” The midwives went about their jobs and continued to serve the women of Israel, but they disobeyed the orders. When they were asked about it, they lied to protect the lives of the children. So, the king issued a second order. Exo 1:22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Pharaoh sent out a second decree. That decree stated that every Egyptian who saw a male child—a newborn below a certain age—was instructed and given license to rip that child away from his mother and father and throw it into the Nile River, where it would drown and become food for the crocodiles that lived in the river.
Moses was born at a time when his life was in great danger for no other reason than that he was a baby, a gift from God to this godly couple. We noticed the faith of the parents of Moses. They were faced with a choice: to not have any more children or to continue having children and take the risks that would come with that. They chose instead to grow their family and allow God to protect them. In Hebrews chapter 11, verse 23, their names are not mentioned, but Moses’ parents made it into the Hall of Faith. It says, “By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hid by his parents for three months because they saw he was a proper child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandments.” They knew what the order was, yet they had Moses anyway. When he was born, they hid him for three months. It says here that they did not fear; they were not afraid of the king’s commandments. This was listed as a point of faith. They believed God was greater than Pharaoh; they believed that God could take care of their child and them, no matter what happened. They believed that God could do it.
Flat Earth? After decades of Christians fighting against the theory of evolution and pointing people back to God’s word with the use of scientific evidence and explanations, some Christians have decided to abandon this cause and agree with atheists in their false claims against the Bible. These misguided Christians have gone so far as to believe it is their responsibility to convince others that the Bible teaches a flat Earth. It never has, and any interpretation of that kind is a misuse of Scripture. In this video, Dr. Faulkner provides an excellent explanation of the flat Earth theory and why it is both biblically and scientifically incorrect.
Exodus 2:1-2
Exo 2:1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Exo 2:2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
We can be absolutely sure that none of us would be here without our mothers. They contribute tremendously to our lives. Of course, we have typical expectations of them. Our mothers nurture us, give us life, love us without condition, work for our well-being, and aim to keep us safe. However, based on the child and the situation, they also occasionally take unusual actions. I reflect on the odd things my parents had to do for me that their own parents didn’t face. I recall the times they had to extract cactus spines from my backside because I sat on a cactus while growing up in Aruba. There were several occasions when I stepped on it since I rarely wore shoes around the house. I’m truly grateful that my mother and father were willing to do those peculiar tasks.
Moses’ parents were hardworking and honest individuals who loved God. His father, from the tribe of Levi, married a wonderful woman, and together they had three children. Their eldest, Miriam, was old enough to help care for her siblings when Moses was born. A few years later, Aaron arrived, just a little before Moses.
In Verse 2, it is mentioned that the woman gave birth to a beautiful son. For three months, she kept him hidden. Despite living in bondage and slavery, they found joy in their small home. They had children they cherished, and now they welcomed another. The Bible describes him as a lovely child; he was an adorable baby.
We all love babies, the anticipation of their arrival is thrilling. You can’t wait to see their tiny faces when they are born. And while we all know that not every baby is cute—something we may hesitate to admit. However, to their parents, every child is beautiful, bringing joy into the home. All babies are precious because they are creations of God. Made in God’s image, they hold a special significance. Children are truly a gift from the Lord to their parents, a unique blessing that can only be experienced through parenthood.
Raising children carries a deep responsibility, particularly in teaching them about God and guiding them to lead a righteous life as instructed by Him. As Believers, we are called to direct our children toward the right path. This includes informing them who God is, explaining the word of God, and demonstrating what it means to fully trust in Him. Such teachings must be actively displayed in our own lives before our children; we can’t merely instruct them without living by those principles ourselves. If we fail to embody these values, our words will lack credibility in their eyes.
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”