We have been set free!

"You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today." Deut 15:15

Today's verse is an extract from Bible history. The children of Israel were about to settle the Promised land. There were several things their leader, Moses, rehearsed with them before they entered their inheritance. One of these appears in today's verse as "this thing". Masters were to free all the servants whom they had bought over the years. The servant was to serve their master for six years. In the seventh year the master was commanded to set them free.

In freeing their bondmen, masters were to remember where they came from. They were all slaves in Egypt, a foreign land, and God redeemed them, setting them free. The word "redeemed" is translated from the Hebrew to mean sever, ransom, release, deliver. Verse 18 says, once the slave was released, "Then the LORD your God will bless you in all that you do."

Surely there is an application in this for us today - we were all slaves to sin at some point in our lives, and Jesus delivered us - He paid a price to set us free. The price He paid was "to give His life a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45). In gratitude, we would do well to tell others about One who can break their bonds.