His [Moses’] sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" — Exodus 2:4-7
I want to focus on the first sentence of this passage. The sister of Moses stood at a distance and watched to see what would happen.
There comes a time in our lives when we no longer have control over the things we care about most. These things are out of our hands. All we can do is stand at a distance and watch.
But these are the times when the greatest miracles take place. When the events of our lives contain only God’s signature and not our own, then God has room to show us who He really is. We don’t use this truth to test God, for it takes all of eternity for God to show us who He really is, not some point-in-time test we try to contrive.
But, when we trust God, we open the door for God to show Himself trustworthy.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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