Your Own Moses Basket

I was watching Prince of Egypt...DreamWorks animated story from the book of Exodus. It follows the life of Moses and the mass exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and slavery under Pharaoh
*as a side note:  A very good movie, and as they explain at the very beginning, some artistic license has been taken, filling in gaps.  BUT it is fairly true to the scriptural account. I would encourage you to read all about Moses (Exodus 2 - Deuteronomy 34) before or after you watch and decide for yourself.

Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” Exodus 1:22

Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.  His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Exodus 2:1-4

As I watched the scene where Moses's mother places him in the basket  and then into the Nile river, with all of it's dangers, my mind began to work!  (stay with me here!)

I thought "isn't that like God...and what He has done for us?"  He has provided a way for us....salvation from death, from eternal separation from Him!

Just as his mother lovingly made the basket....and made it as safe as possible.  She placed him in the river not knowing what his fate may be but, I believe, trusting God.

God created us, loves us, but sin came into the world, evil, death.  So God provided a way for salvation, our "Moses basket", so to speak, to carry us to safety.

Moses's mother didn't know what Moses's fate might be when she laid him in his basket.  God ultimately does know ours....but He allows us the freedom to choose.  Unlike baby Moses we have the choice to get into our "basket" or not.  

The route the basket takes was not necessarily easy or the water calm.  There were dangers all around....as is with us!  There is sin which can tempt, our emotions and our actions.  BUT safe in our "basket", safe in our Saviors love, we can navigate and survive the waters.

If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 

John 15:5

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love." John 15:9

IF we remain in Christ, in our Moses basket, we will be able to navigate through the rough waters of life and safely arrive where God intends for us....our heavenly home!

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17

Just as God had a plan for Moses once his basket was found....and Moses grew up in Pharaoh's house, he was the one God intended to take the captive Israelites to freedom, God has a plan for our lives too!  We just need to trust and know that God is guiding, steering  our basket!

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11

I am not sure if this was too much of a stretch for you....but my prayer for you is that you have jumped into your Moses basket and enjoy the ride of (for) your life!