Today’s devotion comes from Exodus 2:1-10.
“Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.” Exodus 2:1-10.
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“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.” Hebrews 11:23.
Faith motivates us to take action like faith motivated the parents of Moses to defy the king’s edict and hide Moses.
But, neither the actions by Moses or our actions would be successful if God did not cause those actions to be successful. With the actions of the parents of Moses, we can easily understand that point. Without God’s intervention, Moses could have easily died by drowning or by exposure or by animals or by people who would obey the king’s edict.
God caused Moses to be drawn out of the water. God showed further lovingkindness to Moses’ mother by causing Pharaoh’s daughter to choose Moses’ mother to nurse him and even causing Pharaoh’s daughter to pay for such nursing services.
“Irresistible Grace” draws us from death to life. “Irresistible Grace” draws us to saving faith. “Irresistible Grace” draws us to success in our faith-motivated actions. “Irresistible Grace” is the “I” of “TULIP”, the Five Points of Calvinism, the Reformed Doctrine of Salvation.
“The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.” Jeremiah 31:3.
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.” John 6:44.
“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” John 15:16.
“Now his master saw that the Lord was with him (Joseph) and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.” Genesis 39:3.
“for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13.
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:5-10.
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