Ready to Act

Scripture – Exodus 2:5-10: 5Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. 6She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. 7Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” 8“Yes, go,” she answered. And the girl went and got the baby’s mother. 9Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.” So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

Reflection: This is a wonderful story of how God can work out His plan – often in surprising ways and sometimes with a little bit of humor. The mother who gave up her child to the Nile ends up being paid to nurse her own baby. And she’s paid by Pharaoh’s daughter!

The sister is a big part of this story, too. She kept watch over her baby brother – almost as if she expected something to happen. And when it did, she sprang into action.

That’s a neat way to come at every day. What’s going to happen today? How will I see God’s hand at work? I don’t know. What I do know is He will be working today. My job is to be attentive and ready to act when I see it.

I think I’ll do that today. I’ll be on the lookout for signs of the King at work. It should be fun. Why don’t you try it, as well?