Exodus 2: A Baby in a Basket

A mother who refuses to give up. A basket sealed with pitch, placed on the Nile's wild waters. A baby who should have drowned — but didn't.Exodus 2 is a chapter of extraordinary women and a God who loves to work through the least expected circumstances. Moses' mother acts out of pure faith, doing the only thing she can and trusting God with the rest. Miriam watches. Pharaoh's own daughter opens the basket — and shows compassion where Pharaoh showed cruelty. And in a twist so wild only God could write it, Moses is handed back to his own mother to nurse — and Pharaoh's palace pays for it.We follow Moses into adulthood: his rash act of killing an Egyptian, his flight to Midian, his meeting with Zipporah at the well, and the quiet humbling of 40 desert years. And at the end, four simple but earth-shaking words: God heard their groaning.Key questions explored:• What does Moses' mother's act of faith teach us about trusting God when logic fails?• How does the basket on the Nile connect to Noah's ark and Christian baptism?• What does Moses' 40-year "detour" say about God's timing vs. our own?• How does the well scene foreshadow Jesus and the woman of Samaria?