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Drawn Out of Death
In the Word
When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water” (Exodus 2:10).
Of the Word
Fearing the growing Hebrew slave population in Egypt, the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be thrown into the Nile River. Wanting to protect her son, the mother of Moses laid him in a waterproof basket before putting him in the river. Ironically, it was Pharaoh’s daughter who saw Moses, rescued him from drowning, and raised him as her son.
Similarly, we, too, have been rescued from drowning, not in the River Nile, but in our sin. We are saved by the beautiful waters of Baptism. Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (Romans 6:3).
Through Holy Baptism we receive the benefits of Christ’s death on the cross. Our sinful nature, the Old Adam, is washed away by water and the Word. Our new life begins, a life of faith in Christ and the forgiveness He brings. Because we are alive in Christ, we can live in peace and joy.
Walking with my Lord
Saving Father, through my Baptism I have been brought out of death to life. Continually remind me of this new life and the new creation that I am in Your Son Jesus. It is in His name that I pray. Amen.
Mustard Seed: Water of Life. Michael Heckmann, author. 4/28 ©2013 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, 801 Seminary Place Ste. L010, St. Louis, MO 63105. www.lwml.org
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations were taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
