信心、考驗和勝利
出埃及記二章1至10節
1有一個利未家的人娶了一個利未女子為妻。
2那女人懷孕，生一個兒子，見他俊美，就藏了他三個月，
3後來不能再藏，就取了一個蒲草箱，抹上石漆和石油，將孩子放在裡頭，把箱子擱在河邊的蘆荻中。
4孩子的姊姊遠遠站著，要知道他究竟怎麼樣。
5法老的女兒來到河邊洗澡，他的使女們在河邊行走。他看見箱子在蘆荻中，就打發一個婢女拿來。
6他打開箱子，看見那孩子。孩子哭了，他就可憐他，說：「這是希伯來人的一個孩子。」
7孩子的姊姊對法老的女兒說：「我去在希伯來婦人中叫一個奶媽來，為你奶這孩子，可以不可以？」
8法老的女兒說：「可以。」童女就去叫了孩子的母親來。
9法老的女兒對他說：「你把這孩子抱去，為我奶他，我必給你工價。」婦人就抱了孩子去奶他。
10孩子漸長，婦人把他帶到法老的女兒那裡，就作了他的兒子。他給孩子起名叫摩西，意思說：因我把他從水裡拉出來。
信息分享
是否神讓他們靈機一動，決定把嬰兒放在籃子裡，再放到河邊？將幼小的嬰兒放在河邊，本是危險至極的事；但全靠一個籃子，嬰兒的性命便幸保平安。
嬰孩的姊姊在暗處窺看事態的發展。許多時候，等待都總是最磨人的。然而，就在這個最適當的時刻，神把全埃及惟一一個能救這嬰孩的人帶到河邊，而且，嬰孩也在這個最適當的時刻哭起來！嬰孩的哭聲打動了公主的心，不用我說，你也知道故事的發展了。
這裡的教訓，正是給每位為人父母的最佳提醒和鼓勵。摩西的母親先後兩次把男嬰交在神的手中，相信神必看顧。第一次是她把嬰兒放在河邊的那一刻；第二次是她把他抱進皇宮，讓他留在宮裡成長的那一刻。我們相信，她每次把嬰兒放下，內心都一定是飽受煎熬，然而，神卻嘉許她的信心，不單保守她的兒子成長，還裝備他成為祂將來使用的器皿。
你是否願意放心把兒女交在神的手中？你可以一直用禱告來承托兒女的成長，隨著他們學習每天行在神的路上，你將可以放心信靠，神必保守和看顧他們。
禱告：
主啊，求你加添我的信心，讓我懂得凡事信靠你。
FAITH, TESTED BUT TRIUMPHANT
Exodus 2: 1 - 10
1 And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
2 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
5 Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.
6 And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?”
8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother.
9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
Message
Did God put this marvellous idea of a baby basket into their minds? The little life was put into the river, the place of death, but was kept safe because of a basket. He was alive in the place of death.
His sister waited to see what would happen. Sometimes the hardest part of all is to wait isn't it? Then God brought to the river, to that exact place, at the right time, the only person in all of Egypt who could help in the situation. Also this was one time when it was very good that a baby cried! It moved the woman's heart and you know the rest of the story.
Parents, here is a lesson and an encouragement for you. Twice the mother of Moses had to put her boy into God's hands and leave him there. The first time was when she put him into the river in the basket. The second time was when she took him to the palace and left him there. Each time she must have been tested severely and yet God honoured her faith and kept her son safe and kept him for himself.
Have you come to that place yet? Are you willing to trust your children into God's hands? You can follow them with your prayers and you can trust God to keep them day by day as they learn to walk in his way.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY:
Lord, help me trust you not only with my family but with myself day by day.