“By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for three months after his birth, because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they were not afraid of the king’s edict. By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger; for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible. By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” Hebrews 11:23-28

Read this, then reflect slowly: “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered abuse suffered for the Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the reward.” Moses possessed and lived out Over-the-Horizon Faith living into God’s Over-the-Horizon Promises. Moses looked ahead to the reward he couldn’t possibly see during his earthly life yet had seen in his spiritual life. What faith! Moses lived a long time before Christ, before Christ’s resurrection, before the first Easter, yet he lived faithfully journeying toward the promise. This faith denotes “trust in God and God’s promises. It includes faithfully walking in line with, and toward, those promises as people who move intently toward their inheritance already holding the title deed in their hands.” (Wesley Study Bible, pg 1494) In this Advent season are we faithfully walking into the fullness of the hope, peace, joy and love God offers? Do we, those fortunate enough to live on the far side of the Easter Resurrection choose to share ill-treatment with the people of God over the fleeting pleasures of sin? O God that I would journey with You with the same faith Moses did.