Wow, this reading is bursting with so many unique spiritual lessons and also parallels to the life of Jesus!
It's interesting that the more the Egyptians afflicted the children of Israel, the more they multiplied. Reminds me of the seed of the Martyrs in the dark ages. We are told that their blood was seed and for all those killed, many more sprang up. But what about when we are afflicted today? Do our works for the glory of God also multiply under affliction (they should), or do we cave into a heap of despair when the afflictions increase?
The Egyptians tried to use the stone work to break the Israelites, but the Israelites couldn't be broken by bricks and mortar because they were founded on the True Stone, Jesus Christ. Rather than being broken by the trials of the enemy, let us allow our hearts to be broken on the True Stone, the Rock Jesus Christ, and He will hold us fast.
At last a deliverer was born! Moses was put in an Ark to safety on the water. Jesus is our ark to safety. He is also the living Water.
Pharaoh's daughter rescued the Moses! This is such an interesting twist of providence. The very waters that should have led to his death, led to his deliverance. (Interesting parallel to baptism!) Here the daughter of the very man [the King] who is trying to kill all the Hebrew baby boys rescues the very one who will end up saving God's people from his hand! I just love how God always does the unexpected!
Moses was at home until 12 years old. Then he was sent to his mission field in Pharaoh's palace. Jesus was home until 12 years old, and then He began His father's business in the mission field called earth. WOW!!!!
Moses grew up in the Kings court! What great training by worldly standards, especially if you are going to be a great leader. However, God saw that he needed humble lessons as a shepherd before he could shepherd Gods people.
Psalms 11 and 12 actually makes the lessons of Exodus 3 and 4 sweeter as these passages talk about how God TESTS the righteous...but even in the test, He still sees. His eyes are upon His people in their affliction. And the bitter cup that the children of Israel had to drink for over 400 years, Jesus drank as well at the Cross, in a much greater degree. The children of Israel were at last delivered from their bitter cup, but Jesus was not delivered.
I am amazed, as I've been following the Longing for God reading plan, how I keep finding the reading from the Old Testament are so often complimented or expounded upon in the reading from Psalms or from the New Testament. It's like these chapters have been divinely arranged to work together to tell the story, to make the lessons sink in deeper. God's Word is truly pure Gold and is Divinely Inspired, for no human hand could have arranged this!
Tomorrow's reading: Exodus 3-4 and Matt. 19
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