And Your Staff In Your Hand

And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover. 

Exodus 12:11 

It is significant as to how the Israelites were attired on the night of the Passover.  God instructed them to be prepared to leave the land of their imprisonment.  They had been in Egypt for 430 years.  The Egyptians had made them slaves.  Now, they were to go free.  It is interesting to note that the lamb played a vital role in the accomplishment of their liberation.  It was the lamb and most specifically, the blood of the lamb that would mean the difference between life and death.  In the homes where the blood appeared upon the lintel and posts, there was life.  In the homes where the blood was absent, there was certain death.  God showed His people the value of the lamb while they were still in bondage.  It is even so with us.  Herein lies the value of the preaching of the Gospel.  We preach it to all and sundry.  We make a full and free offer of the Gospel.  We set forth the virtue and value of Christ to those who are, as yet, ‘dead in trespasses and sins.’  It is up to the Holy Spirit to do the work of regeneration, to grant repentance, and to give faith to believe.  He can convince the natural unbeliever of the virtue and value of Christ the Lamb of God.  May the Holy Spirit show you Christ today, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.’ 

Our Wise and Wonderful Savior, 
we rejoice that Your Blood makes the difference 
between life and death for us. 
We praise You that You daily show us Yourself, 
in the Word, and draw us out,  
evermore thoroughly after You and unto freedom.