God’s Best

It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his great reward.

Hebrews 11:24-26

TAKE A LOOK at all you have in this world: a home? a nice car? a fulfilling job? What do you think you could never live without?

Now consider Moses. He lived in the palace of those ruling one of history’s greatest empires. Servants supplied his every need. Wealth? He shared the pharaoh’s treasures. Fame? Everyone knew he was the adopted son of the pharaoh’s daughter, the boy she’d made her own.

Although he seemed to have everything, something was missing for Moses. He longed to be part of something greater, something that went deeper than the earthly life he knew. He longed to visit the Israelite slaves, his true people, and associate with them. All the other sons of Abraham worked themselves bone weary every day serving the pharaoh Moses loved. But Moses was not a slave. Finally Moses faced a choice: remain in the spiritually empty life of wealth or find his true spiritual calling among the Hebrews.

These verses tell us that anytime we have to give up something for God, he offers a great reward, far beyond anything we could gain on our own in the best of the world’s circumstances. Hold this promise close.