Study The Word Daily Devotions

THURSDAY, 24 AUGUST 2023

TEXT: Exodus 2:1-10

1: Now a man of the tribe 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 riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave 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. So 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.”

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: ROLE OF GOD’S PEOPLE IN HIS PLANS

Most times, people are ignorant about God's ways and so blame Him for some of their predicaments. Sometimes God allows difficult situations to come our way so that He will work to establish His greatness and receive praises from men.

No one will like to be born in Moses' circumstances. He faced a law that threatened his life but God worked in a miraculous way to preserve his life. God gave members of his family the wisdom to work together to save Moses.

As one Christian family, each of us has an important role to play towards the accomplishment of God's work. We pray that the unpleasant situations in our nation, neighbourhoods, offices, etc, will not hinder us from accomplishing God's plans.

QUESTION: How has God used other people to accomplish His purpose in your life?

PRAYER: Help me, dear Lord, to be sensitive to Your promptings so that I can contribute towards achieving Your plans for my life and the lives of others, in Jesus name. Amen.