HEBREW WOMEN
Pr. James Victor Lubwama
Exodus 1:15-20 (NLT)
"Then Pharaoh, the
king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah: 16 “When you help the Hebrew women as
they give birth, watch as they deliver. If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it
is a girl, let her live.” 17 But
because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king’s orders. They
allowed the boys to live, too. 18 So
the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he
demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?” 19 “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,” the midwives
replied. “They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we
cannot get there in time. 20 So God
was good to the midwives, and the people [of Israel] multiplied and became very
strong"
The death of Christ ushered in the new
covenant (Mathew 26:28)
under which we are justified by God's grace and mercy; Jesus Himself is the
Mediator of this better covenant between God and man (Hebrews 9:15). Because
of the new covenant, you have the same spiritual DNA as the Hebrew women - you
are vigorous and quick. The bible says in Galatians 3:14 (NLT) that:
"Through Christ
Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles
with the same blessing he promised to
Abraham,
so that we who are believers might receive
the promised Holy Spirit
through faith."
Your
enemies will not kill your venture or anything that you are doing because, for everyone born of God overcomes
the world – 1 John 5:4. Just like the way Hebrew women gave birth
quickly without any help from the midwives, you won’t need any outside help for
your dreams to come to pass; you will get where you need to get to without
anybody's help but only God, and by the time they realize it, you will already
have had a child.
The
child represents that vision or dream you want to achieve. There are people
seeing you carry that dream and they are devising ways to kill your child but
they won’t succeed because you have the blessing of Abraham. Isaiah 54:17
(NKJV) says: "No
weapon formed against you shall proper" and Job 5:12-13 (GNT)
says: "He upsets the plans
of cunning people, and traps the wise in their own schemes, so that nothing
they do succeeds."
Our
dreams are birthed by God; for He is the author and the finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). They
will see you living your dream and they will wonder how you made it without
their support. Without the finances of your uncle or sibling or friend, you
will make it because God purposed it.
Midwives
represent those in power, those who allege that you can’t make it without their
support. By the time the midwives show up, you will have given birth to your child;
you will be a step ahead of them. Isaiah 66:7-9 says;
“Before the birth pains
even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son. 8 Who has ever seen anything as strange as this? Who ever heard of
such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever
come forth in a mere moment? But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, her
children will be born. 9 Would I
ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?” asks the
Lord. “No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” says your
God."
The
born-again women are not like Egyptian women!
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