We read in Hebrews 11:24-26, “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.”

All Moses had to do was to accept the title that he was the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. Accepting this title would have opened up for him all the treasures of Egypt. What an amazing opportunity to enjoy the grandest life that good fortune had laid at his door. But Moses knew the truth. Although he had been adopted as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, he was really the son of a Hebrew slave woman. Through a set of unusual circumstances this Hebrew woman was paid to nurse him. I am sure that during this time Jochabed would have instructed him in the ways of God and told him who he really was.

Exodus 2:11 tells us, “And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens.” Moses seriously weighed up the call of God to sacrifice to bring deliverance to his burdened brethren. In order to relieve their heavy burdens, he would have to sacrifice all the treasures, wealth and honor Egypt had to offer. He understood that to follow the call of God would mean hardship, suffering and great sacrifice. But sacrifice he must, for there was no other way to fulfill the call of God.

Have we 21st century Christians come to the same conclusion as Moses? I think evidence proves otherwise. It had to be one or the other. It was call yourself the son of Pharaoh’s daughter or call yourself the son of a Hebrew slave and suffer with Christ. Moses could not live with his feet in two camps. He quickly found that out. You cannot have the treasures of Egypt and the sufferings of Christ at the same time. 

It is a sacrilege to have your feet in both camps. It is sacrifice to put your feet squarely in God’s camp. But the wimp tries to keep his feet in both camps. He remains spiritually in neutral gear. He is half-hearted in the things of God.

James 1:8 says, “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Jesus said in Matthew 6:24 that “you cannot serve God and mammon.”