The cries of labor echoed through the mud-brick corridors of Egypt. Pregnant Israelite slaves, groaning with the pangs of labor, birthing the future of their families. But Pharaoh, hungry for control and drunk on fear, issued a decree:

“If it is a son, you shall kill him.”

The words hissed like venom from the mouth of the serpent king. And who stood in the path of this demonic edict? The Midwives of Light in a Culture of Death! Two midwives. Two women with steady hands, moral backbone, and reverent hearts. Shiphrah and Puah, names recorded in the Bible, names recorded in Heaven, because of their stand against evil. These were deliverers of the deliverers, protectors of the promised, guardians of the seed line that would birth a nation and, generations later, the Messiah Himself. They stood where fear demanded silence, and spoke. They stood where tyranny demanded blood, and withheld the blade. They stood in a culture that said, “Comply or die,” and answered with sacred defiance. And Heaven saw them. And Heaven smiled.

What made Shiphrah and Puah so dangerous? It wasn’t weapons, it wasn’t influence. It was their refusal to participate in a culture of death! They didn’t march, or shout, or wave banners to get attention. They simply withheld their compliance and refused to condone evil — and by doing so, shamed a kingdom. This is the moral earthquake Pharaoh never anticipated! Quiet, defiant righteousness. NO compromise, NO calculation, NO cowardice, - just holy fear and unflinching fidelity. They said, in effect:

“If I must lose position, so be it. If I must lose income, so be it. If I must lose everything but God — then I will have lost nothing at all.”

Many in the West also have stormy paths and choices to make right now, we must be midwives of conscience. We must stand up for what we know is right - no matter the cost. Pray about the issues and do what God tells you to do! Stop caring what people say about you.....care about what God will say about you! Care more about facing Jesus than cancel culture. Saving your soul is more important that saving your income! Refuse to Silence your witness, or Water down your faith. Losing the algorithm, your job, and/or your reputation is far less important than disappointing and denying your Savior.

Are you ready? When your name is called, will you be like Shiphrah and Puah? Will you fear God over policy? Holiness over harmony? Heaven wrote those midwives into the eternal record, God honored them with a legacy — because they honored life. They weren’t just building Pharaoh’s cities, they were building a future and so are you. Every time you say “no” to unrighteousness, you are saying “yes” to Heaven. And Heaven will not forget. So make sure you pray about that issue, before you act or support it. Don't condone or support what God and your conscience tells you is not right.