Prayer: Heavenly Father, may we be influencers for the kingdom of God wherever we find ourselves.
Note: Matthew 9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
Shiphrah and Puah were two Hebrew midwives who were busily minding the business of tending to women. But beyond their mundane work of looking after Hebrew women at the point of giving birth, they were mindful of the fact that their God-given assignment wasn’t simply restricted to caring for women, but the future of the whole Hebrew nation. When people are mindful of the fact that whatever little assignment they find themselves doing carries the future of the whole nation with them, there would be a mindset change in their approach to their assignments (Exodus 1:15-21).
The assignment of Shiphrah and Puah as gatekeepers for the next generation brought them into friction with the powers that be. The influencing powers of nations will always want to have control over factors that will contribute to the influencing reasons for future control of the nations. Various power plays are currently covertly and overtly at work within the nations to influence the right to abortions or otherwise. Other groupings with fantastic nomenclature identifying them as gay or homosexuals, whose activities point to death of the next generation, are also very much in the mix trying to influence laws that will back their obnoxious activities.
Shiphrah and Puah were ordinary midwives who stood as giants against the law of the day. Pharaoh was the law of the day. His word was law and he wielded the power to enforce his word. The penalty for violation of Pharaoh’s word was the threat of death. The Hebrews were slaves whose right to life was at the pleasure of the Egyptians. Remember that Moses as a pseudo-Egyptian royal took revenge on an Egyptian for trying to maul a Hebrew man to death (Exodus 2:11-14). Hebrew lives were considered worthless in the eyes of the Egyptians.
Food for thought: Walking with Jesus isn’t a formality. It must lead to a life changing influence on the nations.
Declaration: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Acts 4:13
Friday, July 15, 2022
©Author: Rev Fred Aboe
