But I will trust in you. (Psalm 55: 23)
Tonight Passover or Pesach begins. The escape from Egypt and the Exodus will be recalled. The festival will continue for the next eight days.
During the festival Jews are not to eat or even own anything made with leavening. This recalls that in the escape from Egypt there was not time to allow bread to rise.
This has also come to reflect the need to put aside anything that causes spiritual "puffiness", pride, or arrogance.
Passover remembers the end of Egyptian oppression. It also marks the beginning of a forty year journey in the wilderness. The security of slavery was exchanged for the challenges of freedom.
God has not promised comfort. God has promised partnership in pursuing great purposes. Our response is to trust - batach - to have confidence, to be bold, and even to be careless.
Tonight Passover or Pesach begins. The escape from Egypt and the Exodus will be recalled. The festival will continue for the next eight days.
During the festival Jews are not to eat or even own anything made with leavening. This recalls that in the escape from Egypt there was not time to allow bread to rise.
This has also come to reflect the need to put aside anything that causes spiritual "puffiness", pride, or arrogance.
Passover remembers the end of Egyptian oppression. It also marks the beginning of a forty year journey in the wilderness. The security of slavery was exchanged for the challenges of freedom.
God has not promised comfort. God has promised partnership in pursuing great purposes. Our response is to trust - batach - to have confidence, to be bold, and even to be careless.
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