In a time when Pharaoh was killing all of the Jewish children, two ordinary Hebrews are obedient to God. They trust God and put this child who is Moses in a little ark that reminds us of the ark that Noah, the first savior of the human race and his family, were protected in. God uses these two ordinary people to raise up a Redeemer for His people. Moses is a picture of the greater Redeemer, Jesus. It is pretty ironic in one sense they were obeying Pharaoh's command to throw the children in the river, but it was also God's plan to save Moses and use him to deliver the Israelites from slavery, a picture of our human condition without Christ. God's hand is seen so incredibly in this story, the very people who hate the Israelites become the savior of the one who would destroy their nation and show God is mightier than any of their so-called gods and even pay Moses' mother to raise him. Do you and I trust God no matter what? Do we obey Him when His commands make no sense to us? Do we remember that God can use anybody? We need to remember that God knows all and is always working out His will behind the scenes, even when we can't see it. Amen.