Devotional: My baby is safe in God’s hands

To celebrate my book being out in the world for 6 months today(!!), I’m sharing a full devotional from Blessings, New Mom: A Women’s Devotional.

When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. — Exodus 2:2b-3

When Moses was born, his people, the Israelites, were enslaved by the Egyptian Pharaoh. When the Israelites continued to multiply despite Pharaoh’s oppression, Pharaoh asserted his dominance by commanding that every newborn male Israelite be killed.

Jochebed, Moses’s mother, responded with unfathomable courage. When she could no longer hide newborn Moses from the authorities, she placed him in a basket in the Nile River, trusting that God would continue to write her son’s story. As heart-wrenching as it must have been to walk away from her baby, she knew that he was infinitely safer in God’s hands than her own.

Like Jochebed, we’re raising children in uncertain (and sometimes downright scary) times. I’ve wept while holding my babies in my arms after hearing tragic news reports that hit far too close to home.

But Jochebed’s wholehearted trust and surrender serves as an example for us today. When we recognize that even our best efforts can’t guarantee a pain-free life for our children, we are in the perfect position to place them in the hands of One who loves them infinitely more than we do, as unimaginable as that might seem.

God not only preserved baby Moses’s life, but reunited Jochebed with her son as his nurse, caring for him into toddlerhood. Decades later, God appointed Moses to lead one of His most epic acts of deliverance: freeing the Israelites from slavery and leading them toward the Promised Land.

When we place our trust in Him, God brings us out of “impossible” moments in unexpected ways. Remember that God has brought you through difficult times before. Trust that He is the same God who watches over your child, every step of the way.

Prayer:

God, You’ve placed in my heart a fierce instinct to protect my baby and keep them safe. Ultimately, You’re the one protecting and preserving them. Help me to remember that You are not limited by even the darkest of circumstances and that You are always working for our good and for Your glory.

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Blessings, New Mom is a weekly devotional for new moms that provides grace and compassion for the first year of motherhood and beyond

Being a new mom and taking care of a newborn is a time filled with blessings, celebrations, and lessons that reveal God’s truths about life and motherhood. As a devoted mother of three and passionate leader in her church community, Ellie Hunja earnestly shares the joys and challenges of new motherhood and reaffirms that God is always by your side as you find your path in this special season. Filled with weekly scriptures, affirmations, devotions, and prayers, Blessings, New Mom is a beautiful reminder that no matter the moment—precious and delightful or overwhelming and difficult—God will meet you where you are.