The families stood huddled around the table to eat their first Passover meal. It was the night they were going to be delivered from Egypt and they were following His instructions. "And you shall eat of it this way, with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in a hurry. It is the Lord's Passover." Ex 12.11

The men were dressed in their work clothes, with their heavy-duty belts into which they would tuck the front of their long garments. In other words, they were to leave Egypt ready to run and ready to work. Passover for them did not mean settling in for a night off or quiet time at home.

They had sandals on in readiness for a long journey or some sort of military campaign. Sandals also showed the acquisition of new property, and they were exchanging their inheritance in the world for their inheritance in the city of God.

They ate with their staff in the other hand. With a staff, they could crush scorpions and snakes, drive off wild dogs and carry weights across their shoulders. They expected obstacles and opposition, but they were ready.

The Passover was eaten in a hurry. They were going to put as much distance between them and Egypt as they could because they knew if they lingered, Egypt would catch up with them.

Today when we come to the Passover sacrifice provided through Jesus Christ, we come ready to walk away from the world and into a new inheritance. We expect opposition but are ready to fight but most of all we eat the Passover with urgency. If we don’t come to the altar to receive Christ in a hurry and ready to forsake sin quickly and gladly, we don’t understand the gospel.

Friend, let’s use every Passover (Easter), to reaffirm our hatred for the bondage the world had over us, and to renew our passion to pursue the “Cloud”, the Promised Land in Christ and the One who saved us.