Faith and Courage

I enjoy studying the book of Exodus. This past week I have been answering the questions from the BSF study guide. In Exodus 2:1-4 I see that Moses’ mother is full of courage and faith. You could define courage as faith in action. Exodus 2:5-9 tells what happens after Moses is placed in the basket. There faith waits to see what will happen. The sister displays remarkable common sense, wisdom, and shrewdness. I think of the verse in Matthew that says we must be wise as serpents. Moses’ sister thinks of asking Pharaoh’s daughter if she should go and fetch a nurse for her brother. What happens can only be God turning a bad situation into good. Moses’ mother is paid wages to nurse and raise her own child! Talking about turning the tables on the devil himself. Then when Moses became a teenager, he is adopted into the family of Pharaoh’s daughter. There the preparation of Moses begins in the enemy’s own camp!