Exodus 2:1-6

Exodus 2:1-6 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him ... When Moses was born, he was such a cute little baby that his mother couldn’t bear to let him be killed by the evil Egyptians. So she hid him as long as she could. But babies will cry, and after three months she had to come up with a better plan. She made a little basket and coated it with tar to make it waterproof. She put her little boy in the basket and left him floating in the Nile river. The rushes along the shore were good camouflage and they also kept the basket from washing downstream. The noise of the river muffled the baby’s crying. Moses’ older sister hid nearby to keep watch over her little brother. But Someone else was watching over little Moses. Can you guess Who? His heavenly Father was watching and sent Pharaoh’s daughter to the same area of the Nile to take a bath. She heard a baby crying and sent one of her maids to investigate. Miriam, Moses’ sister must have worried about what to do. As soon as Pharaoh’s daughter took the lid off of the basket, her heart melted. Inside was a crying baby boy! That’s when God nudged Miriam to move in and speak up. Miriam offered to go and get a nurse for the crying baby to give him some milk. And who did she get? Moses very own mother! But then the best part of our story: Pharaoh’s daughter paid Moses’ own mother to raise Moses until he was five years old, and then bring him to Pharaoh’s court to be raised as Pharaoh’s adopted grandson! God had a wonderful plan for Moses and God had a wonderful plan for His people. And God has a wonderful plan for you too!