08/27/2026
This past Sunday, Pastor Dave continued our series through Exodus with a sermon on Exodus 2.
Throughout this chapter, we see God’s providence at work. His invisible hand is good, sovereign, and always working to fulfill His purposes.
We see three truths about God’s providence:
1. God is at work when evil seems to prevail (vv. 1–10)
Under Pharaoh’s command, every Hebrew son was to be thrown into the Nile. Yet God was already at work preserving Moses.
Moses’ mother hid him for three months, and when she could hide him no longer, she placed him in a basket among the reeds, entrusting him to God’s care.
His sister Miriam stood at a distance, watching over her brother.
In God’s providence, Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses and showed him compassion. Miriam then stepped forward, resulting in Moses being returned to his own mother to be nursed.
The very river Pharaoh intended for death became the place where God preserved Israel’s future deliverer.
2. God is at work when we fail (vv. 11–22)
When Moses saw the suffering of his people, he tried to bring justice by his own strength. His actions failed, and he fled into the wilderness.
Yet what seemed like a setback was still under God’s providential hand. God used Moses’ years in Midian to prepare him for what was ahead.
Even in failure and seasons of waiting, God is still at work accomplishing His purposes.
3. God is at work while His people wait (vv. 23–25)
As Israel groaned under slavery and cried out for deliverance, God heard them.
He saw their suffering, knew their pain, and remembered His covenant.
God had not forgotten His people.
Exodus 2 ultimately points us to the greater Deliverer, Jesus Christ. At the cross, what looked like defeat became the greatest victory and the ultimate display of God’s good providence.
When evil seems to prevail, when we fail, and while we wait, we can trust that God is at work fulfilling His purposes.
His good providence will prevail!
