April 11

“And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.” Exodus 2:10

Had Moses not been drawn out of the water, Israel might have remained in bondage, It was his exodus from death in the Nile which made possible Israel’s exodus from Egypt. Triumphant over Egypt because never in its bondage, he became God’s instrument for delivering his people from Egypt’s king.

In this, of course, he is a wonderful figure of Christ our Redeemer, who voluntarily identified himself with us to the extent of becoming one of us, and yet never knew bondage to Satan or the world. By his exodus from death he has made possible our exodus from bondage. And he it is who leads us on in our pilgrim way to God’s prepared inheritance.