E16 Exodus 2 – Floating In Providence vs. Flowing With Providence

Can you imagine what Moses' mom was feeling as released her baby boy to the flow of the Nile? What a captivating picture, a newborn baby floating in a basket down a river with the end result undetermined. What does God want us to learn from this narrative? Could this be a metaphor of our lives? Are we helplessly simply floating on God's will and whatever happens, happens? Or are expected to participate with the "Flow of God?"

After Pharaoh gave the mandated that every male baby be thrown into the Nile; Moses family refused to be reduced to an uninvolved bystanders. For three months they valiantly defied the law and hid the boy they saw providence in him (Heb 11:23). His mom made sure that the baby's big sister, Miriam, observed what would happen, but Miriam did more than observe, she intervened.

A princess sees the baby boy and as she is experiencing pity over the child, Miriam tactically asks her if she wanted her to get a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for "you?" She brings her mom to the princess and Moses' mom receives the order to nurse her own son! Yeah, she got paid to take care of her own son! (sweet) Minutes earlier mom was not sure if her son will live or die, now her son is part of the royal family.

Don't you just love how all the details come together? In addition to all this, the baby will providently be given the name, Moses- "Drawn from the water." Moses whole life will be impacted by water. God will have Moses lead people though the Red Sea. He will through a stick to undrinkable water and it would become drinkable (Ex 15:25). Even his life's biggest blunder will have to do with water. He is instructed by God to go a speak to a rock and water would come out from it. Instead in anger he struck the rock twice (Num 20:9-12). The Rock that he struck was Christ- not good! (1 Cor. 10:4).

God's Providence. Was Moses just simply floating in it? Or were him and his family flowing with it? What about us? Are we just supposed to sit back and enjoy all the good stuff does for us? (if you do, you'll be waiting a long time) Or are we to participate and flow with God's providence. It appears that not only are we involved but that those close to us are involved as well.

Don't float alone. Flow with the Flow of God!