Text: Exodus 2:1-22
The early life of Moses reads like the Oscar-winning screenplay it would one day become. Nicely packaged into a single chapter of Exodus, it may not seem like much at first glance. But take a closer look. Do you see Him? God is everywhere.
He is waiting in the reeds as a young mother pries open her hand and watches through tear-filled eyes as the basket slips down onto the riverbank. It is His invisible hand that brings to that same riverbank the daughter of Pharaoh himself – the very ruler who seeks to destroy this child and each male Hebrew baby like him. It is God who softens her heart to gather an abandoned slave baby into her arms and send for a woman of his own people to nurse him. And it is God’s specific and tender care that allows that nurse to be none other than his mother.
Oh, to hold the child you let go and feel with your own hands and see with your own eyes that he is alive and well. I can scarcely imagine.
This is the kind of fresh start the God of heaven gives.
A child born into slavery and under threat of death is raised in a palace and educated in the high court. The boy grows into a man, a man who sees the burden of his people and begins, almost instinctively, to fight for them well before he receives the Call.
Moses fought for them because it was who he was. It was who God made him to be.
You see, God’s redemption of Moses began long before he could prove himself worthy. It began when he was just a baby! There was no merit, no qualification; only the nearness and goodness of God. God’s plan of redemption for Moses was broad enough to span history and yet intimate enough to meet his most specific needs. It was a plan to redeem a man, a people, a world.
Sisters, the redemption God offers you is specific for today. It is offered regardless and in spite of your merit, your performance, your best laid plans. Receive it. Let’s walk in the freedom of God’s plan for our lives today.
I have had new starts but I seem unable to understand God’s plan for my life. At 52 I feel alone and adrift. Work and chores and prayers and emptiness. Please God show me the way there has to be more to my life than this.
This is what I needed this morning! I am postpartum 6 weeks. This was my fourth child but by far the worst delivery. I was in the hospital for a week and suffered from several issues. Thank God the baby is fine and I got all of the set backs. I am praying for full recovery which includes my blood pressure coming back down to normal. I would like to start back homeschooling and my normal life. I have come a long way and thank God for all the help and prayers of family and friends.
It’s a blessing to be able to fellowship and read the posting of you ladies. My number one fresh start is to get into and remain in Gods word. This is my biggest struggle. I pray that God continues to work with me and through me to keep me focused.
I declare a fresh start…tried to do it alone and realized I couldnt do it along…i need to change people around me and im holding on to His word that I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHTENS ME and I know that soon I will be able to declare victory..
God does give fresh starts. I was 18 and for two years went down a path of destruction that consisted of physical/mental/emotional abuse from a bf, got addicted to cigs, had sex before marriage, underage drinking and getting wasted. My life was empty and I was dead. God took my hand and helped me get out of that unhealthy relationship, put down smoking, stop drinking and getting drunk, and having sex. He has fully restored me and I am better then I ever was. His will is being done in my life and I am blessed beyond blessed.
I'm in need of a fresh start. I'm working daily to open up my heart and really just trust God. Allow Him to do His will in me and thru me. Praise God for His grace and His mercy. Amen
Wow!!! What an amazing community of Christian women…this is my first time posting anything and i may be a little behind on thw devotional than some of you but I am so thankful for this devotional. I truely need a fresh start in just about every area of my life. Each day just seems to run with the other and Im ready to make each day its own…to forget about yesterday and not worry about tomorrow. Thankful for this forum.
This is so inspiring. I am striving to open up my heart and let Him lead the way.