GRACE TO GRASS
Exodus 2

Moses was born in due season for God’s divine purpose. At the time of his birth, grace was in place for him to be delivered from the commands of Pharaoh. At his birth, Pharaoh had given the command, “…When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” (Exodus 1:16) Grace kept him and delivered him to be raised in the palace when the daughter of the Pharaoh picked him up in the river as an abandoned child. Moses had as much as a prince could have had while in the palace. Moses became an Israelite-Egyptian. Moses lived in the palace for forty years, and did not lose his statues as prince, until he ran away for the murder he committed. In his attempt to defend an Israelite being beaten by an Egyptian, he killed the Egyptian with the hope that no one saw him. In another of intervention between two Hebrew men, a reference was made to the murder he had committed. Exodus 2:15, “When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.” After forty years of living in the palace, Moses fled for salvation to the land of Midian. While in Midian, he became a shepherd. Moses moved from grace to grass, as he became a shepherd in the land of Midian. God is a God of purpose, whatever situation or condition you have found yourself in, there is nothing to do, but to continue to thank God. Ephesians 5:20, “Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” What giving thanks to God will always do is that it will make, “… all things work together for good…” (Romans 8:28) There was no record of regret or lamentation as regard to how Moses caused himself to slide from grass to grace because of his concern for his Hebrew brethren, rather it was recorded in Exodus 2:21, “Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah, his daughter to Moses.” If you did not like your situation or where you are now, know that God is in control and it might be that He is leading you to a great assignment that will elevate you for the Kingdom’s glory. Above all, Moses’ contentment was evidence that he was in a training to learn to be abound and abase. 1 Timothy 6:6, “Now godliness with contentment is great gain” Indeed and in truth, Moses in all his life did not experience God’s visitation, neither was he visited by God until after it was recorded of him that he was content to live in Midian. God was preparing Moses for a position as a great leader and Moses eventually became one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind. Moses went from grace to grass, and from grass to greatness in the hand of God. Believe it, that you are under God’s construction for His kingdom glory.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me not to loose focus in every situation or condition that I go into, or in the ones ahead of me.