This message combines both part 3 and part 4 to wrap up this series.

One of, if not the, largest patterns in the Bible can be seen when God calls someone to do a particular task. When there is a need, God calls someone to fulfill a task associated with that need, and those who are called are equipped to accomplish the task. 

Audrey Wallace, Director of 5 Loaves food pantry, shares with us her experiences of leading 5 Loaves through the 2020 pandemic.

Vic and Estellene Allen share what it was like to navigate the 2020 pandemic.

Faith, Hope, and Love all work together helping us become the mature image of Jesus in this world.

Jesus came to lead the world through a new exodus, but we can miss it. We can be like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus who are walking with Jesus and have no clue that He is right by our side helping us navigate the chaos and giving birth to a new creation in us.

When God freed Israel from Egyptian bondage, He invited them to embody Him as a people, to be a kingdom of priests, to demonstrate to the world who God is and what He cares about. This liberation was to lead to their transformation, but unfortunately they become like Egypt then eventually back into bondage only to return to Judea occupied. This journey takes them from Egypt to Bethlehem. 

So, when God leads them out of Egypt, he is leading them to change, to transform. These are people who have only known bondage, slavery, oppression and now they are free. They may not be in Egypt, but Egypt might still be within them, and now God is doing a new thing with them something that can lead to a real transformation.