God gives us promises to help us love and serve him.

God delivers the Israelites to redeem them and remind them of his great power and mercy.

The Passover instructions provide the way of salvation for the Israelites, and point us towards Christ who would be the sacrificial lamb.

We see God acting in a powerful way to show that there is no one like him.

God reveals himself so that we can know more of who he is and what he can do.

We see how we can live by faith alone and bless the nations through Christ.

Who is the Lord that we should listen to him? He is the God who is with us, who seeks our full devotion, and who will be known.

We learn how a holy God calls imperfect people to be used for his purpose.

We see how God prepares his people for his purpose in his own way, in his own time.

We learn how we can live in the middle, between where we were and where we want to be, between God's promises and their fulfillment.