Day 6: Jochebed

Her name means 'The Lord is glory'. She was the mother of Moses. A death decree had been passed on by Pharoah to the Hebrew midwives that if they delivered a baby boy, he was to be killed. Although the midwives refused the King's orders, it couldn't have been easy giving birth at that time. Fear loomed over every pregnant woman in their third trimester. It was no different for the mother of Moses. Something interesting is said about Jochebed. She saw that Moses was a special child. She couldn't put a finger to it, but she knew there was something about this child and she couldn't let him fall victim to Pharaoh's decree. How Moses was preserved inside that papyrus reeded basket God knows. It was the hand of God over his life that kept him from the crocodiles that probably swarmed the river. She had to consciously fight the fear hovering her heart, the negative thoughts about what could possibly happen to her son. She had to gather her faith and believe that the God who began this good work in his child's life would watch it to completion. There was no way his destiny would be shattered. Dare to believe God in the midst of darkness. Dare to trust God when the odds are against you. When destinies are being aborted and destroyed dare to stand on the promises of God over your life. Your latter shall be greater than your former. God kept Moses safe in the midst of extraordinary evil and danger — first in crocodile-infested waters and then when he was growing up right under Pharaoh’s nose. And he used the Egyptians to protect and educate him in ways that must have made Moses even more effective in his eventual role as his people’s deliverer. What the enemy meant for evil God shall surely turn the tables around on your behalf. When Pharaoh's daughter picked up Moses, Miriam suggested her mother to be the nanny to Moses. Raising her own child as a nanny was probably the toughest experience yet so fulfilling for Jochebed. Tough in the sense that she couldn't express the truth that she was Moses's mother nomatter how much she wanted to and fulfilling in the sense that Moses had a chance at life that some children his age didnt get. It was bitter sweet for Jochebed. Yet she gracefully took it upon herself to teach Moses in the way that he should go. The limitation of not being her 'mother' in the palace did not restrict Jochebed from instilling truths in Moses. He grew up an Egyptian with a Hebrew mentality. Everything outside was saying 'Egyptian' yet everything inside screamed 'Hebrew'. Are you raising your kids in disadvantaged conditions? Are the odds against you? Are you raising your daughter in a Sodomic environment? Refuse for any disadvantage around you to be your setback. Conquer the struggle in your mind and you have defeated it. As a man thinketh in his heart so is he. Once you win in your mind you have won! It doesn't matter the environment around. What matters is the environment within. Win from within!