Exodus chapter 1 15-17, 20-21

There were *Hebrew women who helped other women to have their babies. These women’s names were Shiphrah and Puah. Then the king spoke to them. ‘You help other *Hebrew women when they have their babies’, he said to them. ‘You must watch them carefully when they have babies. If the baby is a boy, kill him. If the baby is a girl, let her live.’  But Shiphrah and Puah were afraid to make God angry. So they did not do what Egypt’s king had told them. They let the boys live.

 So God did good things for Shiphrah and Puah. The number of *Israelites increased more and more.  Shiphrah and Puah were afraid to make God angry. And because of that, he gave to them families of their own too.

Just because man’s law says that you can do a certain thing does not mean it is beneficial or righteous in the eyes of God.  In the book of exodus, we see that the Israelites were slaves to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians wanted to control the number of their slaves by killing the baby boys being born to the Hebrew women. 

Pharoah decreed death and destruction in the lives of his Hebrew slaves, but the ones responsible for helping the Hebrew women when they were in labor refused to do this because they were more afraid of God. In other words, they believed in God’s word and refused to destroy the lives of the baby boys, even though they knew this would put them in danger of the one who had all the power over their lives;  in reality it was God who had the power over all of their lives.

God allows man to make his rules and regulations, but He requires His people to look to Him for guidance in their everyday lives. God protected the midwives and even gave them families because they considered God’s words as the final authority in their lives.

We need to believe the word of God and then live it out in our own lives. We may have to take a stand that everyone else in the room refuses to do. We must consider the cost of not obeying the Lord when we are prompted by the Holy Spirit to do God’s will.

Could you lose your job, your good reputation, your street cred with the crowd?  Yes, it is possible, but the Lord will not leave you to face this battle alone, He will give you the strength and the resources to succeed, and He will never leave you without His support.

You will be rewarded for your efforts, and other people will be able to see how the Lord is working in your life. God gets the glory and you will get the victory. Do you want to see what God can do for you in your life? Just stand up for Him and watch the Lord fight your battles. The darkness will never be able to conquer anyone who believes in our Savior, Jesus Christ…

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