September 4 – Exodus 12:40-42

After exactly to the day, four hundred, thirty years of living in Egypt under slavery, brutality, hunger, watching loved ones beaten, tortured, and die, and now the Israelites are FREE!   The Lord had kept vigil, guarded, and protected them that first Passover night to bring them out safely.  Not one hand was laid on the Israelites.  They were obedient to the instructions they received from God through Moses and Aaron. They walked out freely with God protecting the exodus of the Israelites as He actively guarded them to safe passage. The Israelites honored and praised the Lord for their deliverance that night and for generations to come.    Do you find yourself a slave to anything in life?  Perhaps you find yourself bound by your job, house, children, friends, or even your church.   Has God changed?  Absolutely not!  Thank God that He is actively keeping vigil over you and ask Him to free you from any bondage in which you are trapped.  He’s ready, willing, and anxiously waiting to hear you.