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Drawn Out of the Water

Released September 30, 2026 • 19:03 • Narrated by Leah
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A king made three plans to get rid of God’s people. Not one of them worked. Pharaoh worked God’s people until their lives were bitter, and there were more of them than ever. He ordered two midwives to do the exact opposite of their job — and they quietly did the right thing anyway. So he turned the river into a weapon, and the river is exactly how a baby boy was saved: a mother with a basket, and a big sister brave enough to speak up in front of a princess. Come along to Exodus, chapters 1 and 2, for the first trip in the story of Moses — and for what God is doing in all the long years when it looks like nothing is happening at all.

Scripture quotations are from The Catholic Edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1965, 1966 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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For grown-ups
Shiphrah and Puah said yes to Pharaoh's face, walked out of the throne room, and quietly did the opposite — not because they were fearless, but because they feared God. That is worth naming for our children as a gift of the Holy Spirit rather than a mood: fear of the Lord is the wonder that makes God's opinion the biggest one in the room, no matter who else is standing in it. The harder gift in this story is the waiting — years of bricks and nothing changing, while Scripture insists that God heard, remembered, saw, and knew the entire time. If your family is in one of those stretches where nothing seems to be moving, remember that the rescue was already underway down in the reeds, where nobody could see it. You might ask your child what they think God might be doing in the waiting.
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