In one of the Bible studies I am in we are studying covenants with God. As I was working through the homework this morning I was reading in Exodus 6. We were only supposed to read 6-8 and that was all wonderful but when I went on to verse 9 I became concerned.

This passage of scripture is a promise of God for deliverance. It happened with the Jews were enslaved by the Egyptians. The Word of God says: “Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord, I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.(I am thinking the judgments referred to what He intended to do to those Egyptians) (7) I will take you as my people, and I will be your God. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (8) And I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you as a heritage: I am the Lord.”

So this is all good right? I mean they had been slaves for over 400 years according to God’s Word. This was a promise of freedom. I am thinking they would take this promise to heart and run with it. So what did the Jews do?

Verse 9 tells us; “So Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel; but they did not heed Moses, because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.”

Wow! This is like being locked in a cage where you are beaten over and over again and stripped of your rights, then someone says “Hey I got a key to get you out of there!” You look at the key and say, “No, that is okay I don’t have enough energy to open the door, nor do I want to.”

Crazy isn’t it? Think about addiction, depression, grief, envy, sexual immorality, selfishness, greed, deceit, abuse, domestic violence, anger and bitterness. Each one of those are like a slave master and can be a cage of evil. The key to freedom is acceptance of Jesus into your heart, believing that His blood is thick enough to cover your sins and worship of Him will break you free of the cage of sin. I can assure you when you break out of the cage of sin through acceptance and worship of Jesus, that is where true freedom reigns. Hallelujah!