Pentecost 11 2024

When the Lord God delivered the congregation of Israel from their enslavement in Egypt, the people needed to depart in haste. A long journey of freedom ending in the promised inheritance of a land flowing with milk and honey lay ahead. There was not ample time to pack all the necessary provisions. Very quickly Israel’s former masters would pursue after them to recapture and return them to bondage. Lacking adequate traveling provisions the congregation of God’s people would need to learn to rely on the Lord to supply and provide for them. Such trust did not come easy.