But he didn’t do that, i.e., not that way. If I understand his situation correctly, Moses had power and influence. I imagine he could’ve used these to free his people. In the movie, his Egyptian mother asks, “Cannot justice and truth be better served upon a throne?” I’d be surprised if Moses hadn’t asked himself the same question.

Of course, nobody knows for sure whether Moses was actually a contender for the throne of Egypt. But it’s plain that Moses turned his back on Egypt. He spurned whatever advantages his position might’ve afforded his people. As the writer of Hebrews puts it, “He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt.” In other words, he did it the hard way.

Those of us who’ve been raised on Moses have a hard time imagining him going the practical route; taking the less difficult, less dangerous way.

But we don’t have a hard time imagining that kind of a choice, do we? We make it all the time. How often do we choose the easy way?

“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

Read Hebrews 11:7.

Thank God He speaks!  Thank God He warns.  He’ll use every trick in the book to get through to us.  Sometimes we don’t hear Him.  Sometimes we do.  If we do, the question then becomes what will we do about it?

When God speaks, faith moves.

Yes, faith will cost me.  It will cost you.  It’ll cost us money, time, and effort in the short run and over the long haul.  It will grab the tight fist with which we hold onto things—and it will loosen it.  If it doesn’t, it isn’t faith.

Abraham’s faith was reasonable, resolute, and rewarded.  When tested, he trusted, and so he triumphed.