By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God’s people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah’s camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff. By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king’s blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going. By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn’t touch them. (The Message).

 ‘To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. ‘Thomas Aquinas.

Vance Havner commented that ”Moses chose the imperishable, saw the invisible, and did the impossible”.

 ”Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). Moses exemplified this principle.

Warren Wiersbe comments that ”True faith causes a believer to hold the right values and make the right decisions” (New Testament Commentary, p.836). He says that in Moses we see:

  • the refusal of faith: He could have had a cushy life in Egypt, but instead he fully embraced God’s will, with all the personal cost this entailed;
  • the reproach of faith: He was willing to be despised and mistreated along with God’s people;
  • the reward of faith: He kept his eye on the ultimate prize.

Moses saw by faith what ‘natural’ people do not see. He saw the invisible God. This spiritual vision enable him to persevere through all manner of trials and difficulties.

PRAYER: ”Day by day, dear Lord,
of thee three things I pray;
to see thee more clearly,
to love thee more dearly,
to follow thee more nearly,
day by day.” (Attributed to Richard of Chichester).