Moses is Born
📖 Verse: Exodus 2:10
📝 “She named him Moses, saying, ‘I drew him out of the water.’”
🔍 Verse in Context – 7 Reflections
- Moses is born under Pharaoh’s command to kill Hebrew baby boys.
- His mother hides him, risking everything to preserve his life.
- He is placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile—completely vulnerable.
- Pharaoh’s daughter finds and adopts him, raising him in privilege.
- Some traditions say her name means “daughter of God”—as she adopts Moses, God adopts her.
- He grows up in two worlds: Hebrew by birth, Egyptian by upbringing.
- Anger and identity conflict already surface early—he kills a man in fury.
❓ Journal Questions
- Where in your life have you felt furthest from God?
- What would it mean to believe you’re already held — right where you are?
🙏 Prayer
God who surrounds and sustains me,
Let me stop running.
Help me rest in the truth: You are here.
Amen.