Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.
Moses is a hero of the faith. He was a friend of God. He walked in faith and obedience. He had the faith to bring a multitude along with him in following the Lord. He taught God’s children God’s ways. God the Father revealed to him His way and revealed to him His glory. Moses spoke with God face to face and it changed the history of the world.
Hebrews 11 is what we call the Hall of Faith, people in the Bible famous for their faith. Above is the first verse of the Moses section. Each verse will start with his name and talk about how he acted in faith. Except, this first verse isn’t about Moses’ faith. It’s about his parents’ faith. They weren’t afraid of an earthly king. They feared God more. They chose life for their child. This verse shows the parents were in agreement over defying the king’s edict to kill the male children, but it was Moses’ mom who carried out the plan.
Exodus 2:2-4 So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months. But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
Moses’ mom had the plan and made it happen, in part. We can only do so much. She put the baby where the Egyptian women from the palace would come to bathe. I’m assuming she knew that. God arranged for the daughter of Pharaoh to find him and moved her heart to compassion when others might have killed the baby on sight. And in my favorite part of the story, the faith-filled mom stationed her daughter, Miriam, to watch and to step forward in her own boldness at the right moment to offer to help find a woman to nurse the baby, and Moses’ mom gets paid to nurse and care for her own infant. Wouldn’t I have loved to be paid wages for the countless hours I nursed six children!
This story reminded me of the many homeschool moms who have come to a decision with their husband to homeschool and have taken it upon themselves to put faith into action and carry out the plan.
I hear from many moms that they are finally pulling their kids from school to homeschool. Some admit it had taken awhile to act on what they believed they should do. Some knew they would homeschool, but they are still feeling the need for faith to act.
It’s an act of faith to pull away from the world’s ways, no matter what they are. It’s an act of faith also to pull away from the homeschool community’s ways. You made this decision for your family, not for anyone else, and no one else made the decision for you.
Walk in faith for your family. What does homeschooling look like for you? What’s important for your day? How will everything get done? What part will each person play?
It will be different for each of you. Our youngest is in a wheelchair. He demands a lot more time and attention. I have his older brothers each take a turn with him. They each have something they work on with him. They are willing to step in and help out their younger brother, like Miriam.
But that doesn’t have to be in your story. You are writing your own walk of faith. And your faith is going to impact your children’s faith, which is going to impact the world around them. It starts with a mother’s willingness to put faith into action.
Homeschooling is an act of faith. That doesn’t mean we know how to get the outcome we desire. It means we act in faith, not trusting in ourselves to bear the burden of our children’s futures, but trusting God to bring our children into His glorious purposes for their lives.
P.S. For a Christian who would like to homeschool but can’t, sending your child to school can also be an act of faith. If that’s what God has arranged for your family, then you trust Him in it. You don’t rely on the school to care for and bring your child into their potential; you trust God.
Amen I was told by my mother when my son was young that I might need to homeschool him and yet at the time I was like homeschool who? But now I know that my mother must have felt something back then because I am currently homeschooling my son even though he feels it’s a waste of time yet I know God knows best and I am forever grateful.
Thank you, Lee! The Lord knew I needed to read this today. The Lord has made it clear that I pull my four school age children out of private school to homeschool next school year. My oldest will be a senior and my youngest, who’s not in school, is 2 and I have three in between. To say this is taking a lot of faith is an understatement, but God has shown me his faithfulness in helping me accomplish things in my own life I never thought possible, and he also is helping me see what he accomplished through many men and women of the Bible. Your post was meant for me to read. I’m learning that if I put my faith and trust in Him, His grace will be sufficient to see me through. He is faithful!