The story of Jochebed is a clear example of how God gives, provides, and answers more abundantly than we can even ask or imagine. That’s how God does things. He does them in a big way if we dare to trust Him. As we journey through life all of us will have our faith tried. The bible tells us in all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is…

The entire story of Jochebed can be seen as one Godly response to faith after another all because she dared to trust in His Word. That faith set into motion a whole chain of events that served His purpose and honored her faith. The daughter of Pharaoh choosing to bathe in the river at that exact time and place. The baby crying just at the right moment. Her heart filling with compassion and a desire to protect this child, that by her father’s decree should die. Miriam suggesting the child’s own mother to be the one to nurse him and the princess agreeing and even paying her for her services.…

Years ago I decided to take up running as a positive way of filling some of my time when I became an empty nester. On the first day I took off running and within a couple of minutes I was completely out of breath and had only covered a short distance. Not at all what I expected. Over time I learned that many different components went into making a good run. Proper stretching, training, breathing techniques and even the way I tied my shoes all became factors in reaching the finish line. Likewise our faith is something that must be exercised in order to grow. Faith is not testing God…

Why do we believe what we believe? Is it because we are following what our parents and grandparents believed and taught us or perhaps what the masses tell us to believe. Is your foundation of faith based on the promises of God’s word and do you know those promises for yourself? Jochebed knew the promises of God and that He had foretold the bondage that the Israelites would experience in Egypt. She also knew that God had promised Abraham that the children of Israel would never perish. God’s word to Abraham was very specific, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not…

Faith is one of the most frequently used words in the Christian vocabulary. As believers in Christ, we have already demonstrated saving faith which took place the moment that we surrendered our hearts and lives to Jesus by accepting His sacrifice on the cross for our sins and when we chose to accept His authority over our lives as our Lord and Savior. The next step is sustaining faith which is belief in the assurance that the things which God has said in His Word are true and that God will keep the promises that He has made. Exercising sustaining faith is a life long process and God has provided…

The story of Jochebed and her infant son demonstrates how love overcomes fear. Her love for her child was greater than her fear of the king’s command. I read a book a few years ago that told of a young woman who was a christian living in Rome during the rule of the Nero. Due to a series of events in her life she ended up in the arena to be killed by lions for the entertainment of the crowd. As she entered the arena the shouts of the onlookers was so great that the ground shook beneath her feet. They wanted to see believers die for sport at the…

It takes a certain presence of mind to exhibit grace under pressure and that was a quality that Jochebed had. Imagine the level of self-control she demonstrated when she stood in front of Pharaoah’s daughter and accepted the job of caring for her own infant son. The joy in her heart and the ache in her arms to hold her child must have been overwhelming. I don’t know if I could have held it together long enough to leave the palace before shouting with joy and praising God for His miraculous works. In this case the Godly character of self-control helped her reign in her joy so she could stay…

This is the season of family reunions and celebrations. People gather together to share love, food, memories and time with one another. There will be laughter, tears, hugs and kisses all from thankful hearts of loved ones that have be reunited. Can you imagine the celebration that took place when Jochebed was reunited with her infant son after being saved by Pharaoh’s daughter on the Nile river? Oh the tears of joy that must have been shed along with the laughter and praises to God for His miraculous intervention. After Pharaoh’s daughter had Moses pulled from the river, Miriam courageously approached the princess and offered to help her find a…

“His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you? And the little girl went and got the baby’s mother.” (Exodus 2: 4, 7-8) Miriam was Moses’s sister and her role as a watchful sister was part of God’s plan and purpose in saving his life. As young as she was, she showed great courage and initiative when she approached Pharaoh’s daughter and suggested a plan that would help reunite Moses and his mother. No doubt there was only a few moments in which Miriam…