Psalm 105:37 37He also brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none feeble among His tribes.
When the children of Israel were slaves in Egypt, they lived
in poverty and faced daily hardships from their cruel
taskmasters. Scars and fresh lashes from their masters’ whips
covered their bodies. The blistering heat of Egypt caused
excruciating sores to fester. Many of them were bent over
because of the long hours spent carrying tons of bricks and
mortar. Slaving away for long hours under harsh conditions
added years to them. And with no proper nourishment, many of
them were feeble and emaciated.
But something happened to them on the night of the Passover.
(Exodus 12) With the blood of the lamb applied on their
doorposts, they came under God’s protection. And inside their
homes, as instructed by God, they ate the lamb roasted in
fire.
I believe that those who were blind ate the eyes of the lamb,
believing that the perfect eyes of the lamb would give them
perfect vision. If they had heart conditions, they ate the
heart of the lamb, believing that their hearts would beat
strong again. And if they were lame, they ate the legs of the
lamb, believing that they would be frisking like lambs.
And when morning came, something new and miraculous happened
to them. They went forth with God no longer as slaves but free
people. They were no longer poor and needy, but possessed
silver and gold given to them by the Egyptians. And none of
them — there were about 2.5 million of them — were feeble or
sickly!
If this was what the children of Israel experienced after
partaking of the Passover lamb, which was only a shadow or
type of Christ, how much more will we who have come under the
covering of the holy blood of Jesus, the true Lamb of God,
experience such blessings?
When you put your trust in the Lamb of God who was burnt by
God’s fiery judgment meant for us, you will go forth daily,
neither poor nor feeble, but abundantly supplied and divinely
strengthened in Christ!
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