Contemplative Bible Reading

Acts 7:20-21 (New Living Translation)

20 “At that time Moses was born—a beautiful child in God’s eyes. His parents cared for him at home for three months. 21 When they had to abandon him, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son.

These verses are from Stephen giving his defense for preaching the news about Jesus. In the speech, Stephen reminds the listeners of the story of Moses.

Notice the miracle of Moses in verse 21: Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son.

Are you kidding? She pulled a baby out of the river and raised him in the royal family. Try to imagine that happening today. Someone would give $1 million to a charity to raise the child or something. Take the child into your family and raise him as your own? Again, are you kidding?

What happened was a miracle, and that miracle preceded the signs that Moses would perform for God in the plagues, the crossing of the Red Sea and so on. Note, there are so many miracle, we have to write “and so on.”

I believe there are miracles in front of us everyday. All we have to do is open our eyes and see them—acknowledge the miraculous power of God.