Moses commands the people to explain the meaning of the Passover celebration to their sons and daughters. In Exodus 13:14, he reminds them, “With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
This is the same Mighty Hand who defeated sin and death. This is the same mighty hand who has raised up a Church that has never been crushed or exterminated even when kings and governments have sought to do so. This is the same mighty hand who is able to raise up Church leaders from among people the world has thrown away. This is the same mighty hand that will one day take up the scepter and rule the nations.
Too often I read the headlines and get overwhelmed by the insanity that seems to flourish in the leaders of this world. I’m thinking of the insanity of acting as though man and government can fix the problems of the world without acknowledging that God exists or that we need any intervention from him.
At this time of year, I am reminded that the one who possessed this mighty hand, also subjected himself to the limitation (and perhaps humiliation) of becoming a baby in the greatest covert operation in history. Coming as a baby, in all the apparent weakness, was not an afterthought, it was planned from eternity.
Nothing in the news comes as a surprise to my God and not one bit of that news can thwart his plan. He has been, is and always will be in control, with a might hand.
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