Day 18 or January the 18th. God is the only true
reliable one. Our thought today is rooted in
Exodus chapter 1 verse 17. The midwives, however,
feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt
had told them to do. They let the boys live.
Now the big picture surrounding this verse. 400
years have passed by since Joseph settled in
Egypt, but now his family and those of his brothers,
the sons of Jacob, have grown into tribes and
a vibrant nation is born. However, they still
live as refugees in a land that is not their
own. Many generations have been and gone, but
little progress is evident. Then a pharaoh comes
to the throne who didn't know anything about
Joseph. It could have been as the result of one
of several coups that Egypt experienced throughout
its long life as an ancient world superpower.
The new rulers feared what this large group of
foreigners could do, so steps were taken to keep
them under control. They began by making them
slaves with standards deteriorating until living
conditions were intolerable. In the end, the
authorities even tried to enforce integration
by killing all the Hebrew baby boys, so that
in time, mixed marriages would be inevitable.
In the midst of all this, a baby boy is born,
and then left in a basket on the River Nile,
where an Egyptian princess rescues him, and adopts
him as her own. She names him Moses and he was
destined to become the greatest lawgiver and
leader the children of Israel ever had. And now
our action step for today. There are times when
we have to decide who is in charge of our lives.
Is it God or the modern thinkers of the day?
The midwives in ancient Egypt decided that God
knew best and followed him. A brief look back
at history will show you that mankind tends to
repeat the same old mistakes. So you choose.
Are you going to remain on the hamster wheel
of modern thinking, knowing that it would all
change again soon? Or are you going to follow
the word of God that never changes, because it
doesn't need to, as its author is unchangeable
too?