Baby in a Basket

"You’re a Baby in a Basket” as Jerry Leachman likes to say. Jerry is the chaplain for the Washington Redskins up in D.C. and I've had the privilege of hearing him speak a few times while attending men’s breakfasts in Birmingham.  Jerry is also the chaplain and mentor for many of the big politicians and news guys up in DC, including the late Tony Snow. He mentored Tony in his final years while battling colon cancer. He said he would always remind Tony that he was a “baby in a basket” and was indestructible until God’s plan for his life was complete. I’ve been reminded of this the last couple weeks dealing with situations in my own life as well as thoughts and prayers going out to family and friends who are struggling with cancer.

You know the story…but when Moses was just a few months old, Pharaoh had a hit order on his life and all the Hebrew babies, so Moses’ family put him in a basket and sent him floating down the crocodile infested Nile River with obviously no chance for survival. But Pharaoh’s daughter finds him out of God’s perfect plan and takes him back to live with Pharaoh. Pharaoh had a plan for Moses’ life and it was to annihilate him, BUT GOD had another plan for Moses that he was going to deliver God’s people. And that little baby was indestructible until God was through with him. So as long as God has a purpose for us to be here, our obsession in life should not be to sit here on earth and just have fun, or to be the coolest, smartest, richest person in the world. We’re here to find out why God put us here, and become that person and fulfill our destiny. Until God’s plan for our life is complete, we’re a baby in a basket and are indestructible.  So when I start to fill up with fear or start worrying about a tough situation I’m in, I just remind myself that I’m a baby in a basket too. And God has everything under control, even though at times we can’t see what’s up ahead or understand why certain events are happening. We just need to trust Him and know He has a perfect plan for our lives.