Exodus 2:1-10 - Homilies By J. Urquhart

A picture of true faith.

I . WHAT TRUE FAITH IS .

1. There was obedience to a Divine impulse: her heart was appealed to, she saw he was a goodly child, and she hid him three months. She read in the child's appearance an intimation of future greatness, and that God did not mean him to die in accordance with the king's commandment. The work of faith begins in obeying the Spirit's prompting in the heart.

2. She was not daunted by difficulties. She might have asked what could this temporary concealment do but only prolong her misery. Faith is content if it has light but for one step.

3. Faith is fertile in expedients. The safety which is no longer to be had in the home may be found on the waters.

4. When it has done all, it waits, as with girded loins, for the dawning light. Miriam stood afar off.

II . HOW GOD JUSTIFIES OUR TRUST . When we have done all, and, knowing it is nothing, look unto him, then God appears for us.

1. The child's life was saved.

2. He was given back into his mother's arms.

3. The very might which before was raised to slay was now used to guard him.

4. He was freed from the unhappy lot of his countrymen, and set among the princes of the land. Our trust prepares a place where God may manifest himself. He "is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think." — U .