Exodus 12:50-51

How is your family preparing for Easter? Through this short and sweet devotional (especially helpful if you’re teaching little ones with short attention spans), Scott James brings to light the many things that Christ’s life and resurrection means for us not only through the season of Lent, but all year long.

It must have seemed to Moses like a long way from a burning bush to a caravan of 2,000,000 Israelites lined up behind him on the road out of Egypt. But Moses simply followed God’s will one step at a time daring to follow God from the known to the unknown. He did the next thing, took the next step in obedience, seeking to know and follow the will of God.

In this 8-day study, we will walk through the passion narratives and unpack how Jesus and his disciples understood them as fulfillments of Old Testament prefigurations of Jesus. Our starting point is that Jesus himself was the first to point out these scriptural connections to the disciples (Luke 24:44-46). And, just as the Holy Spirit opened their minds to understand the things Jesus taught them, we will ask the Spirit to similarly illumine us (John 14:26; 16:12-15).

Exodus begins with God hearing the cries of His people and rescuing them from slavery in Egypt. Through Moses, God shows His power in signs and wonders, delivers His people at Passover, and parts the Red Sea. This plan will help you see God as the One who rescues—not just long ago, but today. His promises are stronger than your doubts, and His rescue leads to freedom.