01- 19- 11 MI DAILY DEVOTION (Hebrews 11:1- 2)
THE FAITH THAT SEES THE FUTURE
1- “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2- For by it the elders obtained a good report.”
The parents of Moses did not have any idea about this verses, but they actually put these verses into practiced when they hid him and made a decision that could endanger both their life and Moses’ life.
(Hebrews 11: 24) 23- “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. 24- By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;”
When the parents of Moses hid him, it was actually an act of faith on their part. It may sound like they don’t care, but during those times when the enemies were after the babies and little kids, it was of necessities on their part. When they hid him, they hid him from the enemies, but God has a purpose. It was almost the same scenario when Jesus was born in Bethlehem and King Herod was running after him. King Herod was trying to kill the 2 years old and below and most especially the Lord Jesus Christ. Moses was the picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. In (Exodus 2:2) “And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.” “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.” It was a great discernment on Moses’ parents. They were looking on Moses the way God see him. I believe that the stronger your faith, the greater and the more you’re sensitive to God’s leading and also the more God will give you the discernment. Few years ago, I was looking to a little kid and I was observing him… In my mind, I was thinking that that kid was smart and he would grow smart. He is now a teenager and he is very smart. One of my friends met this kid in one of the party that we attended and he said the same thing- the kid is smart. In (Acts 7:22- 25) 22- “And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 23- And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24- And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: 25- For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.”
