Christ Church Daily Devotion March 14 2024

A Hebrew mother hides her baby son from being killed and places him in a basket by the Nile River. Pharaoh's daughter finds the baby and raises him as her own, naming him Moses. The baby's sister helps facilitate this arrangement. The Hebrew mother continues to nurse him until he goes to live with Pharaoh's family. This story highlights the faith of the mother and sister in carrying out a difficult task. We should pray to be willing to serve in any task and to do our best. Welcome to Christchurch's Daily Devotion for March 14, 2024. Today we will be reading from Exodus chapter 2, verses 1 through 10. Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 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. 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. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 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. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "'This one of the Hebrew babies,' she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "'Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?' "'Yes, go,' she answered. So the girl went and got the baby's mother. 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. And 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.'" God's people, the Hebrews of Israel, were living in Egypt, where they had been slaves for generations. Even as slaves they thrived and grew in number. A new king felt threatened by the strength of the Hebrews, so he ordered all of Israel's baby boys to be killed by having them thrown into the Nile River. A Hebrew mother, who had hidden her newborn son for a short time, put him in a basket and set it among the reeds along the Nile River. Just a side note, the Hebrew word for basket can also mean ark. Does that remind you of Noah, who was saved from the water? The daughter of Pharaoh finds the baby and decides to raise him as her son. She names him Moses, saying, "'I drew him out of the water.'" Moses' sister was close by and asked if she needed to find someone to nurse the baby. The real mother was able to be close to him as she nursed him until he went to live with the Pharaoh's family. The Hebrew mom and sister had much faith to carry out a difficult task that they felt God was leading them to do. We need to pray that God will use each one of us, as he calls us, to various tasks to accomplish. Your personal worship option today is, Lord, help us be willing to serve, no matter the size of the task. Be trustworthy in doing what you ask us and to do our best. Amen.