Opportunities hidden in Oppositions: More Blessings create more battles

“Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months. When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him. Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her young women walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her servant woman, and she took it. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. When the child grew older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”

The life of Moses shows us that God will use a situation that is meant to destroy you, to elevate you. It is in the difficulty that God opens up the door for opportunity. Opposition is an action of resisting, or combating, protesting something, someone, or the state of being opposed by way of comparison or contrast. An opportunity is an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: a good position, chance, or prospect, as for advancement or success… In reference to the wind, “in front of; toward” God used Pharoah to save and groom Moses for his purpose. He used the very same man who wanted to kill all Hebrew boys, to groom Moses so that he could rescue his nation. Paul reminds us of this in his letter to the Philippians. Imprisoned because of the opposition he faced, the apostle writes,

“And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear”

Philippians 1:14

Paul recognized that opposition is not a bad thing, as long as it doesn’t derail your focus on what God has called you to accomplish.

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