Re: Verse reading–Exodus 1:8-22, 2:1-10 (day four)
Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Shiphrah and Puah were in a bad predicament. Pharoah had ordered them as Hebrew midwives to kill all of the Hebrew boys in birth. The penalty for disobeying Pharoah would certainly be death, but scripture says in verse 1:17 that “the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them… “ Their plan was to tell Pharoah that because the Hebrew women were vigorous, they delivered before the midwives could get there. God was good to them. Verse 21 says, “because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.” These ladies feared God more than man. Do we? How many times have we failed to share a witness with someone because we were afraid of what they might think of us? We fear the persecution, scorn, or ridicule of man more than we fear God and His command to share the Gospel. May we overcome our fear and be bold in our witness…I love it when a plan comes together!
