“We were slaves to Pharaoh and all his household.”

Deuteronomy 6:16-25, “You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?’ then you shall say to your son, ‘We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt; and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand. Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household; and He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.’ So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us.”

We who have come into Christ all have a history of slavery, not to Pharaoh, but to sin. Like fish in water, we were unaware until He gave us the gift of faith and opened our eyes to see and our ears to hear. He empowers us to be His witness; He wants to use us to bring glory to His name. Others around us may be drawn to Him today!

Thank You for delivering us from slavery! How exciting that You are willing to use us in Your plans; open my eyes and my ears today to the possibilities to be used in Your amazing plans!