Moses was born to be thrown into the Nile and die. But God used three women to deliver him from such a fate. First, his mother saw that he was a fine child and hid him for three months. It was her faith in God that she feared Him more than the king’s edict (Heb. 11:23). Second, Pharaoh’s daughter had compassion on the Hebrew baby and delivered him from drowning (v. 6). Third, Moses’ sister Miriam (15:20) had wisdom and courage to talk to Pharaoh’s daughter so she would agree to hiring a Hebrew nurse, who was Moses’ own mother.

No human being is born by accident. We are born for God’s sovereign purpose. However, because we are born in sin at birth, we need deliverance from our own sin and this sinful world. Everyone needs to be delivered from drowning to death in sin, so to speak. And in turn, they will serve God’s purpose of being used in His redemptive history. God uses his servants to deliver one soul at a time, who will act with courage, wisdom, and faith.

Prayer: Father, thank you for having a great purpose for my life. I also thank you for those who you used to bring the gospel to me, which delivered me from drowning to death in sin. May I also be used and led to those who are drowning in sin that I may give them the gospel of salvation. Amen.
One Word: “I drew him out of the water.”