Daily Devotional “Accepting God’s Provisions”
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December 07, 2023
“By faith [Moses] kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the first-born might not touch them.
By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned” (Hebrews. 11:28-29).
The man or woman of faith gratefully accepts all God’s provisions, no matter how pointless some of them may seem.
When the time came for Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, everything on the human level said it couldn’t be done.
Pharaoh wasn’t about to let two to three million slaves just pack up and leave.
His formidable army was ready to insure that no such exodus occurred.
But when God devises a plan, He always makes the necessary provisions for carrying it out.
On this occasion, His provision came in the form of ten terrifying plagues designed to change Pharaoh’s mind.
The tenth and worst plague was the death of all the first- born (Exodus. 11:5).
To protect themselves from this plague, the Israelites sprinkled the blood of a lamb on the doorposts and lintels of their homes.
When the angel of death saw the blood, he passed over that house. Thus the Passover was instituted.
The blood from those first Passover lambs had no intrinsic power to stave off the death angel, but its presence demonstrated faith and obedience, thus symbolizing the future sacrifice of Christ (cf. John 1:29).
Pharaoh got the message and allowed the Israelites to leave.
But soon afterward he changed his mind and commanded his army to pursue them.
Again God intervened by parting the Red Sea, allowing His people to walk across on dry land.
He then drowned the entire Egyptian army when it followed the Israelites into the sea.
That was a graphic demonstration of a lesson every believer must learn: God’s provisions are always best.
They may sometimes seem foolish to the human intellect—just as “the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness” (1 Corinthians. 1:18)—but the man or woman of faith trusts God and receives His provisions gratefully.
Prayer
Thank God for the wise and gracious provisions He has made for your salvation and ongoing Christian walk.
Further Reading
Read the account of the Passover and the parting of the Red Sea in Exodus 11-14.
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