The other day Miss K was sitting at the table and somehow the conversation came up about Moses. By Moses I mean Moses in the Bible. She asked me to tell her the story of Moses and then later that day she wanted to watch the ‘Prince Of Egypt’ which is an animated version of the story. I quite like that animation, I think it does the story justice.
Anyway, as I told her the story I tried to make the exciting bits exciting and the sad bits sad and the dramatise the whole thing as best I could. In telling the story I was reminded of a few things that I had forgotten.
1. God’s plan to rescue the millions of Hebrew slaves began many many years before it happened. The moment Pharaoh declared that all Hebrew slave boy babies were to die God used this awful situation to set a series of events in place.
2. This series of events happened as people trusted God. His mother did so by putting her baby in what seemed a dangerous situation, inside the basket on the river.
3. It also brought out boldness in some. Look at his sister Miriam and her boldness to go right up to the Princess and offer some help. Think about Moses’ brother Aaron and how he spoke for him.
4. God shows us that our failures will always be used to glorify him. Moses killed a man whether accidentally or purposefully and it was because of this that he shook of the shackles of being that Prince of Egypt and instead became a humbled shepherd. Being a shepherd, it turns out, is more useful. Take note those who feel they are in powerless situations of no standing.
Of course there are many more things we can learn from the amazing story of Moses and I love that my daughter(s) are interested to see what happens. Two of my all time favourite history lessons are in the Bible and both happened in Eygypt, the story of Moses and the story of Joseph.
I am grateful that at a time when there are some real changes in our household the Lord uses the simple act of my daughter asking for a story to remind me of just how far back he arranges things and sets them in place. Psalm 139 comes to mind:
2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
You understand my thoughts from far away.
3 You observe my travels and my rest;
You are aware of all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue,
You know all about it, LORD.
5 You have encircled me;
You have placed Your hand on me.
6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
The rest of the chapter can be found here.
I have decided to join Cath from Squiggle Mum with her new post idea for ‘Growing In God’. At the start of the month we are invited to share how our family grows in God through something we talk about or do together etc..
When we are “teaching” our kids about God, it’s funny how much learning we do ourselves! Love Psalm 139:10 – Even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast.