It all happened so fast. I blinked and somehow I went from carrying a very heavy car seat to staring at a stack of college introductory letters.

My husband said it best, “When I saw those letters on the table, it just hit me. One day they’ll be gone.” 

Moses was just a baby when his mother, Jochebed, had to let him go. Remember the story? An insecure Pharaoh ordered all Hebrew baby boys be put to death. So Moses’ mother devised a plan and constructed a waterproof basket in hopes to save his life.

But what if Jochebed held on to Moses? Who would have blamed her? There was a crazy madman out there desiring to kill every Hebrew baby boy. What if her waterproof basket plan failed?

Despite all the what ifs, Hebrews 11:23 tells us, Jochebed recognized Moses was “no ordinary child.” She knew he had a unique destiny. So she released her sweet baby boy into the Nile River…not because she wanted to, but because she knew she had to.

God has called us to do the same. 

We live in a scary world.  As in the days surrounding the birth of Moses, we also have an enemy out there who desires to destroy our children.  A quick trip to the mall last week was enough to remind me of this.  Have you seen the explicit wall advertisements these days? One glance and my heart sank.

In the blog titled, Putting the Basket in the Water, Ashlei Woods writes:

“There comes a time – many times, actually – in the lives of our children where we have to put the basket in the water.  We have to let go and trust the plan of the Father.  The world is a scary place – a place where we fear our children could drown.  But we must remember that we have to let go so that God can draw them from the waters for His great purpose. He has called us to be their parents, but they were His first.”

Like Moses, our children are not “ordinary children.” God has placed a unique calling within them.

Jochebed released her son in order to save his life.  In turn, eighty years later, God used Moses to save and rescue the lives of one million Israelites from slavery.

Be encouraged, my friends…..as we slowly release our children into the real world, we are not releasing them into the hands of crazy madmen. We are releasing them into the hands of our loving Heavenly Father and into their God appointed destiny.

-Binu