At a time of persecution of God’s people in Egypt, a unique plan came into existence. God will raise up a leader for His people and ultimately liberate them from slavery.
A child was born in a family of the Levi tribe in Israel. Under Pharaoh’s orders, this child was sentenced to death. But his mother kept him safe by hiding him. Then, after a few months, he placed it in a waterproof basket and placed it near the banks of the Nile River.
Pharaoh’s daughter came to the river to bathe, and she found the child there. The child was crying, and his heart went out to him. Pharaoh’s daughter wanted to adopt this child as her own. So he made a plan with the boy’s mother, and when he grew up, she took him to live with her in the king’s palace as her own son. “He named (the boy) Moses, saying, ‘I took him out of the water,'” and his name echoes throughout Bible history.
As we continue this journey of discovering God’s faithfulness, we see again that God can do amazing things and use all kinds of people as instruments in His plan.
Pharaoh’s palace became the place where God raised up a leader who would help lead his people out of slavery. A situation that seemed impossible became the way to the future.
