Then Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah...
But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king's orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.
Exodus 1:15, 17NLT
The king had ordered the midwives to kill any baby boys that were born.
And they did not.
The king made the rules
He was the prevailing culture.
But they said no.
God has said these lives are more important
His values are higher.
This was their battle
No matter what I'm being told by the prevailing culture or the lies I am hearing, God's values, Truth, is more important.
And so these two ladies found a better way.
In facing the culture, at risk of their own lives, they found a way forward, to quietly do what was right.
It's so easy to be swayed by the loudest voices, whether that's in the media, from the people we hang out with, or the things that run around in our own thinking, come back to what God has to say...
#loveGod
#lovepeople
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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