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Read: Exodus 20:2
Listen: Exodus 20

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”  Exodus 20:2

Moses ascends Mt. Sinai multiple times to talk with God. Before sharing any of the laws, God reminds Moses of what he has done for Israel. He showed Pharaoh his power through miraculous plagues. He parted a sea and allowed Israel to walk through on dry ground. He saved them from an ensuing army. Before presenting his laws, God wants his love for his people to be clearly understood. God wants the Israelites to remember the grandeur of their deliverance. Before God shares rules, he reminds them of his rescue. God knows they are going to have to keep their rescue in mind if they are going to live as transformed people.

Understanding the gravity of our rescue is necessary for our transformation. Israel’s freedom from Egypt foreshadows a greater salvation from slavery: salvation through Jesus Christ. We are born into a broken and sinful world. Our slavery is to sin. Perfect adherence to God’s law is impossible for us. Jesus lived a perfect life, and through his death, he paid the penalty for all our sins. Putting our trust in Jesus is our deliverance and hope for living a full life. It’s only through the acceptance of this astounding rescue that we can live lives “worthy of the calling we have received” (Ephesians 4:1).

TODAY: Have you accepted Jesus’s offer of rescue? If not, this could be the moment you take your first step into freedom from sin. Using Romans 10:9 as a guide, confess your brokenness to God and trust in Jesus’s death and resurrection for your salvation. If you have a relationship with Jesus, journal your rescue story and praise God for how he saved you.