Slaves Still?

An astonishing aspect of the miracle that was the Exodus is the recorded "600,000 men on foot, not counting their dependents" (Exodus 12:37). A whole people uprooted themselves and moved into the unknown. This was displacement on a massive scale. Their readiness to move from the security of slavery, from the only reality they had known for four-and-a half generations, was more awesome than the willingness of Pharaoh to let them leave. Just think about moving enslaved people in the Egypts of today? Exodus provides a few elements essential to the transformation of minds and hearts: Liberation begins in the recognition of a state of enslavement and in the faithful prayer for release. We must recognize how we are enslaved to addictions, work, habits, false hopes, negativism, worry, bad relationships, materialism, consumerism, militarism and pray for release! Free us from our slavery.