Exodus 15:13  You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.

Israel sang these words after they crossed the Red Sea on dry ground. Their former Egyptians overlords had just been unwillingly buried at sea behind them. The vista of a new future lay open before them. They didn't know at the time what we do now, namely, that forty years of wandering would pass before the nation would cross into the Promised Land. Even so, during that time, the Lord would lead them in "steadfast love." This love, chesed in Hebrew, is his one-way love - faithful, giving, loyal, unwavering commitment to Israel.

That chesed, that love, took on flesh and blood as Jesus the Messiah. He guides us through our own Red Sea of baptism into new life. He leads us through the wilderness of this world. And he will guide us finally into the promised land of the resurrection. His advent among us is everlasting testimony to his love.
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