I remember learning about the story of Moses’s mother putting him in a basket in the river ever since I was young. I even played Moses’s mom in the play my class performed for our kindergarten graduation. My whole life, I’ve thought to myself, “this woman is freakin’ cray.” The thought of putting my child in a basket and sending him down a river is so ridiculous (it's better than the other option she has, but still).
Although I’ve been secretly judging this poor lady for years, I’m slightly obsessed with her now. This woman trusted the Lord with the most treasured, precious thing she had- her son. She recognized that her son was ultimately a gift from the Lord, and above all, his life was the Lord’s. So, she put her trust in God, sending her infant child down a river in a basket.
You know what the Lord does next? He works it out so that Moses’s mother actually gets to take care of him! So. Freaking. Cool. She is obedient, and the Lord blesses her for it.
With all that being said, I feel super convicted about my mindset and heart attitude about my possessions. If Moses’s mom can trust the Lord with the most important thing given to her, the life of her son, then I can trust the Lord with my finances, my future, my gifts and my life. It’s funny that I even get to put the word “my” in front of these things, because they’re actually the Lord’s. He is the ultimate Creator, and therefore the earth and everything in it is His already.
It’s actually pretty cool when you think about it, because the Lord works everything out for the good of those who love Him (Romans 8:28). Which he absolutely did in this story. Not only did he allow the mother to take care of her son, but he eventually grew the son into a man who lead the liberation of the Israelites from the Egyptians. That’s cool. So with my belongings and life, the Lord will work it all out. He won’t always do things the way that I want, but it will always be good. I have nothing to worry about, I just need to offer these things to the Lord and be willing to let Him use them as He wants.
No longer do I want to act and live as if the things that the Lord has blessed me with are actually my own. He is such a good, good daddy, and I want to fully give Him all things in my life. I know that He is going to use them to work all things out for good. He has given me these blessings so that I can use them to glorify His name. He will take the things that I give to Him and make them into something beautiful.
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