There is a tremendous and vital force in the universe that cannot be stopped. Since the beginning when He created man, God’s desire has been for His life to be outpoured and received by us. Our God is very vital, full of life and purpose. In opposition, His enemy is always waiting, standing in the way to frustrate — to kill — this life. Even in the most barren, hostile, death-filled situations and environments, His life finds a way.
After sin came in, man was cursed. Genesis ends in a coffin — in death — (Gen. 50:26) and what came next in Exodus was the hopeless picture of the children of Israel’s enslavement in Egypt (Exo. 1:11). God’s enemy desires fervently to kill this life; through Pharaoh, he sought to kill all the sons of the Israelites (1:16). How could there be any way for this life to be preserved? Who could defy Pharaoh? Yet all the way, God was preparing a way of life through Moses (Exo. 2). In chapter two of Exodus, we see a number of vigorous and vital women to preserve this life — women who were vital to preserve, guard, and protect this precious life. From the Hebrew midwives who let the male children live (telling Pharaoh the Hebrew women were too “vigorous”), to Moses’ mother who saw that her son was “fine” and hid him, to Pharaoh’s daughter who had compassion on him, to Miriam who schemed to call Moses’ mother to nurse him — all of these women recognized life and were willing to do anything to preserve it, even going against their own values, upbringings, societal norms, morals, and outward persecutions. They were vital — terribly so!
Today, as the church — the wife of Christ — we carry the same vitality to recognize and preserve life, whatever the cost. We see not only the preciousness of this life, but also the danger posed by God’s enemy who seeks to extinguish this life. Under this constant threat, we maintain a vigorous condition for life. We are the woman whom Christ, our Husband, trusts to recognize, preserve, and fight tenaciously for life, terribly vital to see His life come forth!
(Above are notes of fellowship taken from a gathering on 11/3/2024, not reviewed by the speaker.)