A Life-Changing Read....

I was substitute teaching at a local high school a few days ago and was astonished that the teacher was allowing the students to read the Bible as one of their project assignments. As some of the students were reading I heard all kinds of comments. They were surprised at all the literary terms that were intimately woven in the scriptures. Their assignment was to find three of the literary concepts from a list and write about them. I thought, the Bible is the one book that has inspired so many great writers that it’s a no brainer it should be read and studied throughout the world. It’s the only book that is guaranteed to be a life changer. It’s historical as well as spiritually reviving the soul. It’s the answer to the world’s problem. Anyway, as I read in Exodus chapter two, I couldn’t help think of the irony found here in Moses’ story. Only God’s hand can construct a path so filled with irony that it blows our minds. It’s what God does at times to show us, that His ways are best and can only be accomplished through Him. Think about this for a second: here’s a baby (Moses), decreed to die, gets picked up by the daughter of the one ordering all the baby boys to be murdered, then pays Moses’ own mother to nurse him until he can be adopted into Pharoah’s household. The irony and truth of God’s sovereignty is truly amazing, isn’t it?

1 About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married. 2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months. 3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River. 4 The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.5 Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her. 6 When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.7 Then the baby’s sister approached the princess. “Should I go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” she asked.8 “Yes, do!” the princess replied. So the girl went and called the baby’s mother.9 “Take this baby and nurse him for me,” the princess told the baby’s mother. “I will pay you for your help.” So the woman took her baby home and nursed him.10 Later, when the boy was older, his mother brought him back to Pharaoh’s daughter, who adopted him as her own son. The princess named him Moses, for she explained, “I lifted him out of the water.” Exodus 2:1-10