What do you suppose made Pharaoh disregard Moses’s warning about the death of his firstborn son? Having suffered the other plagues, he was foolish not to believe and take action to protect his son and his people. II Corinthians 4:4 says, “The god of this age (that’s Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” We choose not to believe God to our peril, just as Pharaoh did. Today’s reading is an opportunity for you to check yourself: is there any truth that you have chosen not to believe that imperils your knowledge of God? I encourage you to ask God that question about yourself.
The Passover is a key Old Testament event because it offers us much instruction about Jesus’s work on our behalf. He died on Passover so that we don’t have to die, and the New Testament teaches that He is our Passover Lamb. What observations about Passover can you use to enlighten your understanding of our great salvation? At the least, this passage gives us an opportunity to consider how great our salvation is and to praise and thank God for it; why don’t you spend some time doing that?