A Mother’s Reward-Jochebed
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Numbers 26:59 [also Hebrews 11:23; Exodus 2:1-10]
Mother’s Day is traditionally the day when children give something back to their Moms for all their Moms have done for them—All the diapers they changed… all the noses they’ve wiped… All the tears they’ve dried… All the puke they cleaned up in the middle of the night… and all the bloody elbows they healed with a kiss. Mother’s Day is the day Moms are rewarded for washing dirty clothes… providing taxi service to school and soccer practice… and preparing lunches and dinners seven days a week.
In this message I want to preach about the greatest reward a mother could ever receive. To illustrate this reward I want to look at the mother of the greatest leader (humanly speaking) the world has ever known—MOSES, and his mother’s name is JOCHEBED.
Typically, the most influential person in a person’s life is not the President… nor people in Congress… and not even a pastor—Most people generally agree the person who wielded the greatest influence in their lives was their MOTHER (for good or bad)!
The destiny of children is largely determined by their character. Who is in the best position to bend, shape, and mold a child’s pliable character? Most likely it is the child’s mother.
• Everything we know about Jochebed is in Numbers 26:59; Exodus 2:1-10; 6:20; Hebrews 11:23.
- Jochebed’s name means “glory of Jehovah.”
- She was the mother of three children: Miriam, Aaron, and Moses. When Moses was born, Aaron was about 3 years old and Miriam was about 10 years old.
- Jochebed was a mother of faith (Heb. 11:23), and faith is always rewarded (Heb. 11:6)
I. The PREVALENCE of her faith.
II. The PARTNERSHIP of her faith (Heb. 11:23).
III. The PERCEPTION of her faith (Heb. 11:23)
IV. The PRIORITY of her faith.
They put a higher value on the life of their child than the government!
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