S) "6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrews’ children.'"
Exodus 2:6 (NASB)
O) So much of the Exodus depended on Moses being raised in the house of Pharaoh, it is difficult to imagine how history might have looked had this princess seen him differently. It was clear he was a Hebrew boy, and her father issued a decree to kill all Hebrew boys. It is easy to imagine this much of the story going differently, that she might have ignored this baby, or even just ordered him killed on the spot. However, she did not look on him with contempt or resentment. Instead, God's grace was upon Moses even this early in his life, and to accomplish the will of the LORD, this princess looked on Moses with pity.
A) God's grace has gone before me, it always is before me, and I am humbled by that fact. I cannot know how many instances I have found favor in the eyes of others, and avoided catastrophe or worse, all because of the sovereign grace and will of my Father God. He was never obligated to preserve me, not from a time before I was subservient to Him. I am promised eternal life through Jesus Christ, but I am not promised temporal life. And yet, He has been gracious all of the days of my life, to keep me here. Only God can truly know the lengths to which He has gone, in graciously keeping me from harm. And all of that grace is for one simple reason: His pleasure. He did not have to do so, He chose to do so because it was His will to do so. This is a powerful and humbling truth. Like that crying baby, who would become Moses, in order that he might lead the nation of God out of captivity, God sees me as a helpless babe. He sees me, and draws me to Himself, but not randomly or arbitrarily. He has a purpose to accomplish. While my life might not influence the millions that Moses was leading, I am compelled by this grace and love to seek the purpose for which I was saved. God draws me to Himself, because of a love and grace that is only through His will, and so it is that same sovereign will that I will seek.
P) Father, if I tried to chronicle my life story, recording each instance of grace that I could identify, I might never be able to finish such a writing. So good You have been, that words may actually fail me, if I tried to describe every instance. And that is only in reference to the grace I have known, the grace about which I have been made aware. I exist on earth, solely because of Your will to keep me alive. With that thought in mind, I am unceasingly thankful. I like being alive. I enjoy my wife, kids, ministry, job, and all of the rest of my life. God, You have been good to me beyond anything I could really ask. But, in all of that grace, it is only because of Your will. Because of all of that love which You have displayed toward me, I want to respond in obedience, glorifying Your name. It is because of Your will that I am alive, and so it is for Your will that I want to live. Reveal Your will to me, open my eyes to see it, and my ears to hear it. Help me to identify what I am to do, to accomplish Your will in my life each day. Thank You for the mercy when I sin, and the grace when I fail. Use me, in spite of me, and let Your will be done. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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