Cattle Brand!

Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name. Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt. Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days.

Deuteronomy 16:2-4

The day my daughter died was burned into my brain like a brand on cattle. It forever marked me and changed my life. I remember everything about that day, and every June 15^th for the past eighteen years I have spent time reliving that day and pondering its significance.

God wanted the Children of Israel to remember the time when they came out of Egypt. They had been in Egypt for 400 years and they were all slaves to the Egyptians. When God delivered them He even gave them a special bread to eat. It was bread without yeast. Unleavened bread can be baked in a hurry. There would be no excuse for tarrying behind by saying “the bread is not raised so we can’t go yet.” Later in the Bible yeast is compared to sin that permeates a life. And that same bread became the bread of the Communion which celebrates and memorializes the body of Jesus.

If you are a follower of Jesus it is important for you to remember the time when God delivered you out of your “Egypt.” You were a slave to sin, but He opened the Red Sea and brought you out of the land of slavery.

Satan wants to confuse you and tell you that you are still a slave to sin and that you are still in bondage in Egypt. If a man in prison believes the door is locked when it is not, he is still a prisoner in his mind even if he has been set free. You have been set free by the Blood of Jesus! You are no longer a captive of Satan because of Him.

Remember the time you crossed the Red Sea and left the bondage of sin! And remember that time daily! Jesus has unlocked the door of your prison and you are free to leave and walk with Him! Let the day Jesus set you free also be burned on your brain like a brand on cattle!