The Passover Meal

"Thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover." - Exodus 12:11

The shed blood was for God. It was sprinkled on the outside of the house where it would not even be seen by the first-born son within, he who by its virtue was being delivered. No, the blood was for God to see, and He promised that when He saw it He would pass over the house. God's need is met in the blood, but our need is provided for in the festival meal. Within the house we need to feed on the flesh of that Lamb whose blood protects us. It is by so feeding that we are strengthened for the pilgrim journey ahead. The passover meal was not for those who would settle down in Egypt, even protected there by sacrificial blood. It was for them whose manifest purpose was to move out and on with God. And so it is with us. Our needs we find met in Christ as we partake of Him. But remember, we do so always in readiness for onward movement in the will of God.

A Table In the Wilderness (Watchman Nee 主僕倪柝聲弟兄)

Read the Scriptures: Exodus 12