Through the lens of Woman
The plagues — God versus the gods of Egypt
There is a complicated woman in Exodus 5–11 worth pausing on. Pharaoh’s daughter.
She is in the palace of the man God is opposing. Her father’s heart is hardening. Her father’s empire is being systematically dismantled. And yet, decades earlier, she pulled a Hebrew baby out of the river and saved his life. Without her, there is no Moses. Without Moses, there is no exodus.
She was inside the system. She used her position from inside the system. And the Father used her before He brought the system down.
Many women of faith are inside systems that are quietly Pharaoh-shaped. A workplace. A family. A church. An institution. The instinct is sometimes to leave the system. Sometimes the Father is calling you to. But sometimes He is calling you to stay — to be a Pharaoh’s-daughter-style woman who pulls a baby out of the river right under the king’s nose.
He uses both. He has used both.
One small thing today: ask the Father — am I being called to stay in this system and rescue someone, or am I being called to come out of it? Don’t assume the answer. Listen. The same Father who used Pharaoh’s daughter inside Egypt also used Moses outside it. He knows where He has placed you and why.