“‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. 8 For seven days present a food offering to the Lord. And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’” Leviticus 23:4-8 NIV
Holy Father,
The night after the angel passed over their houses and visited the Egyptians with the death of the firstborn, the children of Israel were safe, had to pack up and prepare to leave. Unleavened bread to eat on the way, no time to prove the dough. So what does this say to me today? Why celebrate with a sacred assembly and no regular work, a week of food offerings and a final sacred assembly and no regular work and again unleavened bread?
It certainly looks like You wanted their attention. When they left everything changed. They were called to a new journey and new way of life dependent on You. To live according to Your leading and behaving the way You instigated.
Perhaps we too need to take time after the joy of Easter and our celebrating the resurrection of Your first born Son. We too need to remember that from the moment we meet Jesus we are called to a journey with You. You are the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). Jesus says we should consider the cost in the illustration of the man building a tower in Luke 14:28-30.
Called to a journey following Jesus and living His way. Do we need to take time to sit with You and remember where we have come from and where we are going? Maybe set some time aside uncluttered by regular work. Bringing our thanks for Your provision, and commit to trusting to Your leading, Your way. So the enemy cannot push us off route or in too much of a hurry to be careful where we step.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Tuesday 25th February 2025
Actually this worship does not mention the name of God I had not noticed before. But for me me the “You” sung is our God. A tune you find yourself humming later.
One more step along the world I go,
one more step along the world I go,
from the old things to the new,
keep me traveling a long with you:
And it’s from the old I travel to the new;
keep me traveling along with you.
Round the corner of the world I turn,
more and more about the world I learn;
all the new things that I see,
you’ll be looking at along with me:
And it’s from the old I travel to the new;
keep me traveling along with you.
As I travel through the bad and good,
keep me traveling the way I should;
Where I see no way to go
you’ll be telling me the way I know:
And it’s from the old I travel to the new;
keep me traveling along with you.
Give me courage when the world is rough,
keep me loving though the world is tough,
leap and sing in all I do,
keep me traveling along with you:
And it’s from the old I travel to the new;
keep me traveling along with you.
You are older than the world can be,
you are younger than the life in me,
ever old and ever new,
keep me traveling along with you:
And it’s from the old I travel to the new;
keep me traveling along with you.
Lyrics: Sidney Carter