Hi there and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled Step in Faith was written by Karen Pimpo.

John was devastated when he lost his job.

Closer to the end of his career than the beginning, he knew it would be

hard to start over somewhere new. He started praying for the right job. Then John updated his resume,

read interview tips, and made a lot of phone calls. After weeks of applying, he accepted a new

position with a great schedule and an easy commute.

His faithful obedience in God's provision had met at the perfect intersection.

In Exodus chapter 6, a more dramatic instance of this occurred with Jacobet and her family

during the time of Israel's enslavement in Egypt.

When Pharaoh decreed that all newborn Hebrew sons must be cast into the Nile,

Jokobed must have been terrified.

She couldn't change the law, but there were some steps she could take to obey God

and try to save her son.

In faith, she hid him from the Egyptians. She made a little watertight

papyrus basket and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. God stepped in to

miraculously preserve his life and later used him to deliver all of Israel from slavery.

John and Jokabed took very different steps,

but both stories are marked by faith-filled action.

Fear can paralyze us.

Even if the result isn't what we expected or hoped for,

faith empowers us to keep trusting in God's goodness,

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