Delivered Week 5 | Day 3

Right after the Exodus, the Lord commanded Israel to consecrate every firstborn—both people and animals—because He claimed them as His own. He also instructed them to remember the day God brought them out of Egypt and to commemorate it with the Feast of Unleavened Bread each year. The people were to eat unleavened bread for seven days and remove leaven from their homes as a visible reminder that their deliverance was God’s work. The passage assumes a future moment when children will ask, “What does this mean?” and parents will answer by retelling the story of redemption: “By strength of hand the Lord brought us out.” All of this was a part of the call to not just leave Egypt geographically—but to leave it spiritually too.

Practice Intentional Remembrance

Build one weekly habit that forces you to recall God’s deliverance—journal answered prayers, share a testimony, revisit a key “God rescued me” moment.

Always Give God Your First and Best and Never Your least and Leftovers

Identify one area (schedule, money, attention, energy) where God gets what remains—and flip it.

Make Your Home a Place Where God’s Story is Normal Conversation

Don’t wait for a “devotional moment.” When questions come, answer with God’s faithfulness and what He’s done.

Remove the “Leaven” that Quietly Spreads and Infects

Ask: What small compromise is normalizing slavery again—bitterness, secrecy, unhealthy patterns, constant hurry, people-pleasing? Repent early, not later.

Live Like Someone Who has been Bought Back

When temptation whispers, “You’re free to do whatever you want,” answer, “I’m free to belong to God—and that freedom is better.”

Lord, thank You for delivering Your people with a strong hand, and thank You for delivering me through Your grace. Forgive me for how quickly I forget, how easily I drift, and how often I give You leftovers instead of my first and best. Teach me to live like someone who has been redeemed—set apart, grateful, and obedient. Help me build rhythms of remembrance that keep my heart anchored to Your goodness. And make my life a testimony that points my family and the people around me to the God who saves. In Jesus’ name, amen.