THE POWER OF A GODLY MOTHER

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River. Exodus 2:3 (NLT)

With Mother’s Day coming up, I want to focus on a Biblical figure who doesn’t get much attention: Moses’ mother.

When Pharaoh put out an order that every Hebrew baby boy should be killed, Moses’ mother refused to give up her son. She risked hiding him for three months, and when that no longer worked, she left him in a strategic place along the Nile.

To make a long story short, Moses was found and adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter. But first she allowed him to stay with his birth mother until he was weaned—which, according to their culture, would have been two to four years.

Why is this important? Well, during those early years, Moses’ Hebrew mother would have instilled God’s ways in him. Afterward, he spent the next 36 years raised in the royal household, where he was surrounded by a culture of sin. And yet Moses went on to forsake those temptations, leave the palace and become one of the great heroes of the faith. I believe much of that is because his birth mother planted faith in his heart.

Now, if you have a child who isn’t serving God, I’m not saying you’re responsible. Your children have their own free will. God Himself raised His first two kids, Adam and Eve, perfectly—and they still disobeyed Him. So don’t feel that you’ve failed.

Instead, be encouraged. You have planted crucial seeds. The power of a godly mother who passes on her faith to her children can’t be overestimated!