信心、考验和胜利
出埃及记二章1至10节
1有一个利未家的人娶了一个利未女子为妻。
2那女人怀孕，生一个儿子，见他俊美，就藏了他三个月，
3后来不能再藏，就取了一个蒲草箱，抹上石漆和石油，将孩子放在里头，把箱子搁在河边的芦荻中。
4孩子的姊姊远远站着，要知道他究竟怎么样。
5法老的女儿来到河边洗澡，他的使女们在河边行走。他看见箱子在芦荻中，就打发一个婢女拿来。
6他打开箱子，看见那孩子。孩子哭了，他就可怜他，说：「这是希伯来人的一个孩子。」
7孩子的姊姊对法老的女儿说：「我去在希伯来妇人中叫一个奶妈来，为你奶这孩子，可以不可以？」
8法老的女儿说：「可以。」童女就去叫了孩子的母亲来。
9法老的女儿对他说：「你把这孩子抱去，为我奶他，我必给你工价。」妇人就抱了孩子去奶他。
10孩子渐长，妇人把他带到法老的女儿那里，就作了他的儿子。他给孩子起名叫摩西，意思说：因我把他从水里拉出来。
信息分享
是否神让他们灵机一动，决定把婴儿放在篮子里，再放到河边？将幼小的婴儿放在河边，本是危险至极的事；但全靠一个篮子，婴儿的性命便幸保平安。
婴孩的姊姊在暗处窥看事态的发展。许多时候，等待都总是最磨人的。然而，就在这个最适当的时刻，神把全埃及惟一一个能救这婴孩的人带到河边，而且，婴孩也在这个最适当的时刻哭起来！婴孩的哭声打动了公主的心，不用我说，你也知道故事的发展了。
这里的教训，正是给每位为人父母的最佳提醒和鼓励。摩西的母亲先后两次把男婴交在神的手中，相信神必看顾。第一次是她把婴儿放在河边的那一刻；第二次是她把他抱进皇宫，让他留在宫里成长的那一刻。我们相信，她每次把婴儿放下，内心都一定是饱受煎熬，然而，神却嘉许她的信心，不单保守她的儿子成长，还装备他成为祂将来使用的器皿。
你是否愿意放心把儿女交在神的手中？你可以一直用祷告来承托儿女的成长，随着他们学习每天行在神的路上，你将可以放心信靠，神必保守和看顾他们。
祷告：
主啊，求你加添我的信心，让我懂得凡事信靠你。
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.