Moses: A Baby With a Dangerous Future

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 🗓️ Week 1 – Wednesday (July 2)



Moses: A Baby With a Dangerous Future

Have you ever looked at a baby and thought, “This child is going to change everything”?

That’s how the Bible quietly introduces Moses—a baby born into chaos, yet handpicked for a divine mission.

Exodus 2 tells us that Moses entered the world during one of Egypt’s darkest seasons. Pharaoh had ordered every newborn Hebrew boy to be thrown into the Nile. His goal? Crush the future of God’s people.

But God’s plans don’t die that easily.

🍼 A "Good" Child With Great Purpose

Exodus 2:2 says Moses was a “good” child — and not just in the sense of being cute. The Hebrew word tob points to something divinely special, a kind of goodness used in creation itself (“God saw that it was good” — Gen. 1).

In other words, this baby wasn’t just born. He was appointed.

Wrapped in danger, tucked into a basket, and placed in the river, Moses wasn’t abandoned — he was entrusted into God’s care. And what happened next could only be explained by providence.

Pharaoh’s own daughter — the royal princess Hatshepsut — finds him. Falls in love with him. And raises him under the very roof of the man who wanted him dead.

Only God writes stories like that.

🏛️ From Cradle to Crown… Almost

Moses received the best education Egypt had to offer. Palaces. Tutors. Royal privilege. Some scholars believe he was being groomed to become Pharaoh himself.

And yet, none of that would prepare him for his real mission.

What Egypt taught him in politics and power, God would later have to un-teach in the wilderness. As powerful as Egypt’s system was, it couldn't give Moses what he really needed: a heart that knew God.

🤔 And What About You?

Let’s be honest — we spend a lot of time learning things this world values: achievement, strategy, image, influence.

But how much of that will matter for eternity?

  • Are we investing in what God considers “good”?

  • Are we spending our best years preparing for a purpose that’s truly divine?

Moses was “drawn out” of the water — not just to be saved, but to save others. So are we.

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