Exodus 2:1-10

Summary: The book of Exodus contains some of the most dramatic divine activity in all of scripture (e.g. the plagues, the Red Sea). However, God enters the scene very quietly here in chapter 2 through some very ordinary events; a birth, a bath, a breastfeeding mother. Yet the irony of these events (e.g. Pharaoh’s own daughter unwittingly working against him) reveals that behind these ordinary activities is the mighty hand of God writing his dramatic story of redemption. This ought not be surprising coming from a God who saved the whole world through the unexpected instrument of a cross. Exodus 2 reminds us to consider carefully the importance of our everyday lives. God uses us to write his story not only in the dramatic moments, but in our ordinary everyday faithfulness as well.