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. 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." (Exodus 2:7-10 NIV)
Sometimes the ways of God amuse me. His wisdom is both amazing and amusing. Who would want to raise a deliverer destined to topple an oppressive king and rather than hide and raise him in a secret location, but would choose to raise him right in the home of the oppressor with the daycare fees, school fees and upkeep being paid by the same oppressor he would dethrone.
It reminds of what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2 of God using Satan to accomplish his plans of redemption by allowing him to crucify the Christ unknowingly to him that that very act would be his undoing. It's amusing how God uses the enemy to pay the bills for his own defeat.
This is what God did in Moses' case. Moses was the deliverer Israel had been waiting for. He was to free them from Pharaoh's oppression, yet God planned it in such a way that Pharaoh's would be the one to pay the bills for the upbringing of Moses. While Pharaoh hosts were going about enforcing the killing of the sons of Israel, right in his own house, he was feeding, training and raising the deliverer. God hid Moses in plain sight so to speak! O, the depth of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
What do we take from this? Is it possible that God is still using the same method? That is not a far-fetched thought because He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Is it possible that some situations in your life or in your world that appear as if Satan is winning are actually being used by God to hide some precious jewels that will be revealed at the end? Could a Samuel be hiding in your present barrenness like it was for Hannah, or maybe a John the Baptist, like Elizabeth's case? Could a governor be hiding in in Pharaoh's prison like Joseph? Could that wayward and troublesome child of yours be a preacher In disguise? Could some of those inmates in our nations prisons be apostles in waiting? Could that delay or disappointment you are going through be a precursor to the most important turning point in your life? could satan's laughter today contain his tears tomorrow and your tears today be hiding your laughter tomorrow?
The possibilities and questions are endless but one thing we can be sure of is that God is very good at playing hide- and- seek. He hides the best things in places few would choose to look. He hides diamonds in the dust, preachers in prisoners, movements in murderers, feats and futures in failures, the foundations of the church in fishermen, helpers in the helpless, triumphs in tragedy and testimonies in tests. Pray to see what He's hidden in and around you.
Decision of the Day
God hid Moses in Pharaoh's court. I understand God still hides things in places we don't often look for them. Lord I choose to look with your eyes. Help me to see every person, place and situation the way you see them. Show me the things that are hidden in me and around me that I might walk in the fulness of your plans
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