“A Mother’s Reward!”
Exodus 2:1-10
Anna May Jarvis (a.k.a. “Mother
of Mother’s Day”)
Anna lost her mother. It was the 2nd Sunday of May, 1905. In the
months that followed, Anna became
obsessed with but one desire: to see her
mother and motherhood honored annually throughout
the world…
Use this to introduce the
appropriateness behind honoring
our mothers today. We, like
Anna May Jarvis, resent the
commercialization of Mother’s
Day…
Purpose:to see a mother’s reward is Godly
children
I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER
The Egyptian princess hands over a precious bundle of immortality to
the arms of a Jewish slave. That
slave is hugging her own child with a hungry heart…
I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER
A. She Was God’s Employee
Jochebed believed God to be her real employer – she believed herself to be a vessel through whom God could accomplish His will. She was God’s
employee!
I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER
A. She Was God’s Employee
B. She Was a Willing Employee
Ann Landers
In one of her more famous columns
she asked the following: “If you
had to do it all over again would you
have kids?”
I Jochebed Had an EMPLOYER
A. She Was God’s Employee
B. She Was a Willing Employee
C. She Was a Faithful Employee
December 1963, South Bend, IN Studebaker closed its doors due in part to faithless
employees…
II Jochebed Had a TASK
A. Her Task Was Specific
B. Her Task Was Significant
Moms, never apologize for being “just a housewife” – your task goes unmatched
in significance!
III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES
A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving
1 Corinthians 13:13
“…but the greatest of these is love.”
III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES
A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving
B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving
Acts 20:35
“…it is more blessed to give than to receive.”
The most Godlike giver this fallen world knows is the faithful mother…
III Jochebed Had SOME WAGES
A. She Was Given the Privilege of Loving
B. She Was Given the Privilege of Giving
C. She Was Given the Privilege to Make
There is no reward like that of the successful
enterprise of motherhood…
Conclusion and Summary:
Finally, to all mothers. Give yourselves the joy this old-time
mother had. While your children are about you, hear the very voice of God
saying to you…