I want to
write you a story. This story begins
with a group of people who were blessed by God and began to multiply with
children, family, worship and praise.
When the world looks onto God’s blessings, fear rises in the hearts of
men. When man’s greed for power consumes
him, stopping at nothing including death, bondage and suffrage to achieve his
desire, man will do anything for his pride, power and control. “The wicked freely strut about when what is
vile is honored among men.” (Psalm 12:8).
“Now Joseph
and all his brothers and all that generation died, but the Israelites were
fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the
land was filled with them. Then the new
king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. ‘Look’,
he said to his people, ‘the Israelites have become much too numerous for
us. Come, we must deal shrewdly with
them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join
our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.’
So they put
slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built
Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. But the more they were
oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread
the Israelites and worked them ruthlessly.
They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and
with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians
used them ruthlessly.
The king of
Egypt
said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, ‘When you help
the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is
a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.’ The midwives, however,
feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let
the boys live. Then the king of Egypt summoned
the midwives and asked them ‘Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys
live?’
The
midwives answered Pharaoh, ‘Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are
vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.’ So God was kind to the
midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. And because
the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.” (Exodus 1:8-21).
No matter
what man’s heart says, the bible says and God says we are fearfully and
wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14). The
Word of the Living God says, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me
together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was
made in the secret place. When I was
woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All
the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to
be” (Psalm 139: 13-16). I love this
Psalm, for I am hand made, hand knitted together and formed by the very hands
of God. I have a purpose and a plan, for the Lord has ordained my life for
me. So when man attempts to tell me I am
here by some random chance, making a “life” a “person” ordinary, unimportant
and disposable; my spirit sings to the Lord and I declare, “How precious to me
are the thoughts of God! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains
of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.” (Psalm 139:17-18). I am a well thought out, purposefully made, no
one like me, fingerprinted unique and picked for this time and this
season. God is amazing!
If we come
to think of man as wonderfully made, formed by the hands of God, or become as
Shiphrah and Puah, fearing the Lord, “embryos”, children, babies, infants or
people have a different meaning. If we
start our thinking by the Word of God, as these midwives did, there would be
more children in the world. My heart
aches for the midwives, doctors or specialists who encourage the “Pharaoh”
mentality. If the baby does not suit
your needs, you became “accidently” pregnant or if the timing isn’t right, the
consequences can be easily disposed of.
How sad and heartbreaking is that thought?
What a
beautiful job you have if the Lord has given you the gifts and talents to be an
obstetrician, midwife or nurse. The
desire you have to bring out the life from the “secret place” were in only nine
months, a person is formed, can be thought of as nothing short of a
miracle. What a blessing you are to
society, mothers, families and the baby coming in to the world. You truly have a gift. My prayer is that gift is used for God’s purposes
and not man’s desires.
Life is
precious, beautiful and exciting. God
has given woman the gift of forming a life in her womb. If we sit long enough to think exactly what
is happening, the growth, the formation, the purpose this child has, the short
amount of time for development, the milestones of everything forming to make
the body work is a miracle! All the intricate components of the heart beat,
eyes to see, hears to hear, the nerves to feel and receive touch and the brain
to process it all is amazing! And some believe this is all by random chance or
accident? My sister, if you believe life is that worthless, that disposable,
and that random with no meaning but all by chance, you are truly deceived.
If your
heart desires to know more, to seek the Truth about life, where we come from,
how it all started, then I encourage you to pray. Ask the Lord to show you any deception, where
has the world crept into your thoughts or spirit? Does your belief come from a
reverential fear of the Lord, knowing you are wonderfully made, or man’s agenda
for what he wants? My heart’s desire is for women to think; to think how
beautiful, how marvelous our bodies are and be amazed at the capability God
gave us to bring life in to this world never taking that capability for granted
or misusing our body for fear of what people will say.
I love
these midwives feared the Lord and he blessed them. Jesus says in the Gospel of
Matthew, “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the
soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”
(Matthew 10:28). We are not to fear
man, but fear the one who destroyes both our body and spirit. The midwives may have feared Pharaoh, but
they feared the Lord more. I pray you
are not easily swayed by this world’s ways, for world’s rules always have some
agenda to benefit a “Pharaoh”.
If God has
given you the opportunity to promote life, then I pray you use this platform,
gift and job to fulfill that call on your life.
Encourage these young women, each are a child of the Most High, a gift
from above, special, unique and so is their child they carry. I pray this encourages you, makes you think
about your own purpose and your life. Do
you believe God formed you to be you? Do you believe the very hands of Maker of
Heaven and Earth molded you exactly the way you are or do you believe life is
random, ordinary, and disposable? Once we too fear the Lord, our outlook on
life, the womb and women will change.
Remember my sister, you ARE fearfully and wonderfully made.
Let us pray and
CONFESS the Word of the Living God:
Adonai,
You created
my inmost being; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you
Lord, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I
know that full well. My frame was not
hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of
the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me are written in your book before one of them
came to be (Psalm 139:13-16).
Before you
formed me in the womb, I know you knew me and set me apart (Jeremiah 1:5). Remind me the body is for the Lord; this is
your temple and how special I truly am to you (1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:13). I know that I was chosen before the
creation of the world began to be holy and blameless in your sight, predestined
to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:4-5). I believe
the body and spirit are precious in your sight.
Made in the depth of secrecy to be formed and molded into your image and
the image of Jesus Christ. Help me to
know how much you love me and the purpose for which I was created.
If my
purpose has been to deliver your precious gifts, then Father, give me the
knowledge to encourage these mothers, help them through their labor and
deliveries giving each of your children the love they deserve. Remind me everyday how precious life is, that
it is sustained by your very hand and breath (Psalm 18:35, 146:9). I
praise you Lord for your creativity, for every unique individual, for every
child born unto you and the purpose for which you have set before each one of
them. Help me to learn more, to
encourage mothers who may have the desire to abort your children, give me the
words to comfort and to be unashamed of the Gospel before man (2 Corinthians 1:3-4)..
My heart’s
desire is to protect the innocent, the ones who can not speak for themselves (Isaiah 1:17). Show me where I can use my gifts to educate,
to love, to encourage and to give to women who do not understand the depth of
abortion. I will open my arms and heart
to them. I desire to show them the love
of Jesus Christ and spread the Gospel through any means possible including
counseling those who have had abortions. Thank you for the opportunity to use
my gifts and talents for you. Help me to
find favor in your eyes as Shiphrah and Puah.
In the name of Jesus of Nazareth I pray, Amen!
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