Walking With Jesus Sample

Jesus and His disciples (and the Jewish people) had traditions they celebrated annually, like we do with Thanksgiving and Christmas. One of the yearly celebrations was celebrating a meal of remembrance called the Passover. You can learn more by reading Exodus 11-13. But for a brief summary the enslaved Israelites were freed by God from the harsh enslavement of the Egyptians after 400 years! 

God set up a Passover meal where he instructed the Israelites on exactly what to eat, and how, followed by marking their door frames with the sacrificial lambs blood. God then passed over the houses marked with the blood of the lamb while bringing to death anyone else’s firstborn male - humans and animals - that evening. 

The movement of God led to Pharaoh releasing the Israelites and led to their exodus from slavery to the Promised Land. 

The Passover meal was celebrated as the Israelites recalled God’s faithfulness by eating the same Passover meal their forefathers had and remembering God’s faithfulness as well as the suffering they experienced as slaves of Egypt. 

That is the backstory. But here is the really cool tie-in from the Old Testament to the New Testament. Jesus morphed this powerful tradition into something much bigger by giving it new meaning. Jesus and the disciples ate the Lord’s Supper at Passover and Jesus instituted a new memorial, to Himself—the Lamb of God whose blood would bring salvation to the world.

A seemingly ordinary passage like Mark 14:12-17, has power when we truly understand the gravity of the Passover meal Jesus and the disciples celebrated in the Upper Room. 

Today’s Scriptures: Mark 14:12-17, Isaiah 43:19 (NASB)

Pray. Ask God to reveal to you His truths as you read His Word. Don’t skip this important step. 

Read: As you read ask the “5 W’s and an H” questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? 

Daily Challenge: Write down 1-3 ways God is (or has) faithfully been moving in your life. We have so much to be grateful for.