Journey of Trust by Moses’ Example

Hebrews 11:23-29
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.  24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.  27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.  29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

The example of faith by Moses began by his parents who hid him against the Pharaoh’s command to kill all the babies of God’s people.  They let go of him to save him, not knowing that same ruler’s wife would find him and raise him as a son of the king.  When he grew up, Moses found out his identity among God’s people and refused to be called the son of Pharaoh anymore, knowing the suffering to result.  He chose identity among God’s people over the riches of sin’s fleeting pleasures abundantly available to him in Pharaoh’s worldly court.  Moses looked to God’s reward for trusting and obeying by faith in Him and the promises given before through Abraham.  He had seen the God who is who He is, face to face, and was forever changed (Exodus 3:6, 14). This same trust drove him out of Egypt without fear as he kept his eyes heavenward.  Though he could not see God, yet he followed by faith as if life depended on that trust.  So also he obeyed to put his people under the blood to be passed over by the destroyer, just as we trust Christ’s blood as the lamb of God to pass over eternal punishment for us.  The people joined Moses in faith to cross the dry seabed with walls of water (Exodus 14:29) to escape their enemy and journey to the country promised them, just as we journey through the trials and enemy’s attacks until we reach the celestial city of God in Christ (Hebrews 11:16).  This journey of trust in God’s word of promise will lead us through trials, snares, and death itself to eternal life before God’s face forever.  We believe and so count all else as rubbish, following by faith founded on the Rock of our salvation as we gaze into His face (Revelation 22:4).