How to Take on Pharaoh (Part 1) // Life of Moses // Exodus 1-2:10

In today’s episode, we continue our series on identity through the early life of Moses, turning to one of the most urgent themes in the Exodus story: justice—what it means to “take on Pharaoh.” Exodus 1–2 opens with God blessing Israel in a foreign land, a picture of flourishing that echoes a new garden. But that blessing provokes fear in a new Pharaoh, who twists power into oppression, slavery, and eventually genocide. In the face of this darkness, the story lifts up an unexpected group of heroes: the Hebrew midwives, Moses’ mother and sister, and even Pharaoh’s daughter—women who quietly but courageously resist injustice at great personal cost. Their actions flow from a deeper allegiance, a reverence for God that redefines justice and dethrones Pharaoh’s claims over their lives. Today we explore what their example reveals about seeing oppression truthfully, resisting the cultural temptation to center justice on our own personal fulfillment, and practicing courageous, creative faithfulness right where we already are. This is the invitation of Exodus: to worship the God who is above every Pharaoh, and to join him in the work of life, liberation, and flourishing. Recorded November 23, 2025.