When someone asks us to trust them, what makes it so that we do trust that person? Is it a feeling, an action? Do we trust God? Can we trust Him with everything? Does our trust in God have anything to do with righteousness and offerings?

The will of man is the power within each of us giving us the ability to choose our own actions. Sometimes our will is strong, and we are able to carry through with our intentions. Sometimes our will is weak, and we fail to accomplish our goals. Whether strong or weak, our will must always be in subjection to God’s perfect will, which leads us to eternal life in His family.

While this Feast of Unleavened Bread is set aside for us to live without sin in our lives—which leaven portrays, the lesson must now continue!

The main cause of Satan’s fall was pride and we should ensure we don’t fall into that trap.  The seven things God hates are a reflection of the mind of Satan and something for us to avoid.

It seems we end up repeating sin in our lives, and there is real danger if we do not heed the lessons recorded for us in the Word of God. We are warned to avoid sin, and the example of leaven as a type of sin is the lesson of this Feast of Unleavened Bread.

A recent 52-page letter (an unprecedented intervention by the House of Bishops in the Church of England) – said “it is the duty of every Christian adult to vote, even though it may have to be a vote for something less than a vision that inspires us”. In John 17:12-16, Christ clearly said that His disciples, His followers, are not of this world. They are not to behave and act as the world, that is the society around us, does. We have to live in the world – but we are not to be part of it. Who do we take notice of – fallible human beings or the words of Jesus Christ?

How can we know if we are putting enough in each day in regards to our relationship with God? In prayer, in Bible study, in meditation. How can we know if we are really preparing, increasing and doing God’s will for us?