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What has the Lord in mind; whom has He in mind? Who

knows whether, sitting in this very room this afternoon, there

may be a young person who has been marked out in divine

sovereignty and selection

to take a place of moral leadership and gift amongst the

people of God? How deep the loss would have been if this

great vessel, Moses, had been, shall I say, lost, if he had been

drowned in the fast-flowing waters of the Nile, reputed to be

one of the fastest flowing rivers in the world. If that child had

not been watched over and cared for how great the loss to the

testimony in relation to Moses, that great leader of God’s

people. But it says, “his sister stood afar off to see what would

happen to him”. Could I appeal to the young people—may I

ask you to take a godly interest in one another? Young people

can sometimes get near to each other in a way that older

people cannot. How desirable it is that young people in

fellowship should take a godly interest in each other. It says;

“what would happen to him”; you cannot think of any greater

contrast than the daughter of Pharaoh coming down to bathe

and this young sister of Moses—how God in His wonderful

providential care opened up the way.

I often think of this scripture, the simplicity of the intercourse.

Think of God’s providence and goodness, that this young

woman, who had such a care over Moses, was allowed

immediate access. The ways of God, beloved brethren, .are a

matter of worship as to how He orders matters. You are often

called to explain things. Often I have to say, I cannot explain

that; I can only worship; I can only bow down at the greatness

of God and His all-powerful wisdom in ordering things. She

said, ‘I will get you a wet-nurse of the Hebrews’; and her

affections took her to the boy’s mother. Beloved brethren, I

speak to all of you now, it is a suggestive picture of the

affections that normally operate in the divine family. What we

are in the divine family, and the bond that unites us in that

family, is a stronger bond than that which unites us naturally. It

will remain throughout all eternity. The