Exodus 20:1-2 And God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
In Scripture Egypt represents a place of bondage, slavery or oppression for God's people. Being in bondage means we've given up our authority to someone else or some THING. Each one of us have been in "Egypt" when we were sinners and enemies of God. But thanks be to God, we heard the Lord's voice when He whispered that day, I am the Lord your God! It was at that place of acceptance that He delivered us from the bondage of the penalty of sin. It is now up to us to denounce things that lure us back into bondage.
What's your "Egypt" today? Is it overeating, laziness, procrastination, lying or unforgiveness? The Bible encourages us to stand fast in the liberty where Christ has made us free and not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1). Just as the Lord our God set us free through salvation, He also gives us the opportunity to keep us free through sanctification and regeneration by the washing of His Word.
God has spoken, so today let us walk in the freedom He has so graciously provided!
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