Topic:
I will Pay You Your Wages
Memory Verse:
Psalm 127:3
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Read:
Exodus 2:1-9
Exodus 2:1-9
1Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.
2The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.
3But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
4His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
5The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her.
6When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
7Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?”
8Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother.
9Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.
Bible in One Year:
- Leviticus 25
- Jeremiah 13:1-14 Read here (Link)
Message:
Many people who are blessed with the gift of children are not conscious of the fact that children are the heritage of the Lord, meaning that God is their rightful owner, and they are gifts from Him. This is why an adage from my village says "Rich people cannot find children to buy in he market." What money cannot buy can be obtained from the Almighty God.
What then should be the attitude of parents to these priceless gifts? The answer can be seen in the story of the birth, adoption and upbringing of Moses, the child who later became the mouthpiece of the Almighty God. Moses was born at a time when Pharaoh had commanded that every new-born male child should be immediately killed. His mother tried to hide him for three months, but when he could no longer be hidden, she decided to drop him as her own. Hear what the princess said to her:
"Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it."
Exodus 2:9 b
9Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
There are many lessons we can learn from this story. By adoption, Moses was the child of Pharaoh's daughter, but she gave him over to a nurse to nurture him for her. This mirrors God's divine arrangement, whereby He, being the owner of children, hands them over to parents to nurture them for Him. In
In other words, just as the princess told Moses' mother, "nurse this child for me", God is also saying to parents, "nurse this child for me."
The princess also told Moses' mother that she would pay her wages for a job well done. God is equally telling parents that if they properly nurture children for Him and not for themselves, He will reward them well. It is unfortunate that many parents are nursing God's heritage for themselves or the devil; hence, they are getting their wages from the flesh or from the devil.
This is the reason many children have turned out to be a curse to their parents - breaking their hearts because the parents nursed the children for themselves and not for the Lord. On the other hand, godly parents who train their children to fear the Lord are paid the wages of peace of mind from God at old age.
The children of such parents prosper under the grace of Jesus, which they have been exposed to from infancy, and they are battle axes in the hands of their original Owner, the Almighty God.
Prayer Point:
Father, give me wisdom to nurse the children You have divinely placed in my care, and may I not miss my reward for nursing them according to Your counsel.
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