“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season” (Heb 11:24, 25).
Every ‘choosing’ should be preceded by a ‘refusing’ as much as, a ‘leaving’ should precede every ‘cleaving’. ”Therefore shall a man leave… and shall cleave” (Gen 2:24). This refusal and choosing show maturity. Normally, people choose as per the dictates of their five senses. And human senses choose riches, honour, glory, appreciation, position, authority, power, etc. and refuse reproaches, poverty, sufferings, afflictions, etc. A man of faith, however, has a sixth sense which is far better than the five senses – the sense of faith. Only those whose spiritual eyes are enlightened will be able to choose by faith what Moses chose. What we choose for the sake of the truth and Christ may appear as foolishness to the world, but God’s foolishness is far better than the wisdom of man.
Moses refused the highest position in the world empire and chose to suffer with slaves. Some may suffer if they are forced to, but it takes great faith to choose to suffer in such a way.
In living with God’s people there is suffering. Faith gave Moses the right knowledge. He understood that those suffering slaves were the people of God. Faith enables one to recognize who the true saints are. A natural man could have thought, “These are miserable slaves – unfortunate and forsaken of God. Why would I suffer with them?”
“The pleasure of sin is for a season but the punishment for the unpardonable sin is forever.” By faith Moses knew that the pleasures of the palace were pleasures of sin, that they were only for a season, and that divine pleasures are for evermore. “In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
Moses refused the highest position in the world empire and chose to suffer with slaves. Some may suffer if they are forced to, but it takes great faith to choose to suffer in such a way.
In living with God’s people there is suffering. Faith gave Moses the right knowledge. He understood that those suffering slaves were the people of God. Faith enables one to recognize who the true saints are. A natural man could have thought, “These are miserable slaves – unfortunate and forsaken of God. Why would I suffer with them?”
“The pleasure of sin is for a season but the punishment for the unpardonable sin is forever.” By faith Moses knew that the pleasures of the palace were pleasures of sin, that they were only for a season, and that divine pleasures are for evermore. “In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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