By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. – Hebrews 11:24-27

Moses chose to be known as a slave rather than to enjoy being in Pharaoh’s royal court. Some speculation: I wonder how much Moses must have struggled with turning away from everything he knew and away from people I’m sure he loved for the sake of following God first and foremost. I wonder how rejected, angered, saddened, and disappointed his adoptive mother must have felt and how much it pained Moses to have her feel that way. The woman who raised him since he was a baby, the rest of the royal court who likely grew to genuinely love him, too… I wonder if they felt a deep sense of betrayal and I wonder if Moses wept over their lack of understanding in his difficult but adamant choice to leave. I wonder how much wrestling Moses had to do with God before he could declare his highest allegiance to Him. And I wonder how much grace God must have given him to follow through.

I wonder if Moses felt the way I feel as I struggle, too. I wonder if I’m able to make the tough relational decisions that’s facing me for the sake of Christ. And if I don’t, I wonder if I will ever be able to leave the kind of legacy of faith that Moses did.