1.31.8 "The Price of Freedom"

"The Price of Freedom"

Exodus 12:14-13:16
Matthew 20:29-21:22
Psalm 25:16-22
Proverbs 6:12-15

Why does it take blood to bring freedom? I know that's a heavy question to start a devotional with, but think about it. Why blood? On the last day of the 430th year of the Israelites being in Egypt, they go free. What was the final act that brought it about?

"Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, 'Go pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal. Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning. For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down." (Exodus 12:21-23)

Verse 30 says, "Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died."

Can you imagine being there at that time? We know the end of the story, so we can make some sense of it. But to be there... to think, "Moses, WHAT are you talkin' about??" To take the blood of an animal and spread it on the doorposts... to hear the wailing of the Egyptians.

There is a price for freedom.

It takes blood to be free.

There is no exception.

Egypt represents the bondage of sin. Jesus shed his blood to set us free.

"Yeah, I know that!" You may be thinking. "This is basic Christianity!" Well, we need to be reminded of what it REALLY takes to be free. We live in a society that wants to find freedom through diplomacy. I'm not saying that can't happen in politics, but I AM telling you it can't happen with sin.

You can't "new year's resolution" your way to being free from sin. It can only come through the Blood.

In reading the passages of scripture today, I noted how the Israelites are commanded to commemorate this day of freedom. "On this night the Lord kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year." (Ex 12:42) In 13:14 it says, "And in the future your children will ask you, 'What does all this mean?' Then you will tell them, 'With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.'"

We need to not only "know" the price of freedom, we need to remember it & pass it on to our kids. This MUST be a part of our lives!

Thank you Lord for the price you paid for my freedom!





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