Nisan 13, 5785 – The Touch of the Outstretched Arm
Two nights from now, the gates will open.
But tonight, something begins to move—not in heaven, but in you.
“I will redeem you with an outstretched arm…” G-d says.
And though the verse is ancient, it is not past.
It is present. Now.
Because that Arm is still reaching.
It is not a hand that taps gently.
It is a hand that interrupts.
That rearranges your steps.
That changes your direction when you weren’t ready to be moved.
You thought you were going one way—
but suddenly a delay, a failure, a detour, a closed door.
You resisted.
You called it frustration, disappointment, confusion.
But it was the Hand—quiet, decisive, unshakable—lifting you out of the place you would have gotten stuck.
G-d does not always rescue us with fire or splitting seas.
Sometimes He rescues us by ruining the plans that were building our prison.
This is the season of His reach.
The time when the Invisible Arm pulls you away from your Egypts,
especially the ones you’ve come to call home.
Not just external bondage—but the inner ones:
– The voice that says you must be perfect.
– The hunger to be praised.
– The pride that fears being seen as small.
– The ego that cannot kneel.
This is the chametz He is burning before you do.
Because the truth is: we will not always leave Egypt willingly.
We have learned to love our leaven.
But G-d said He would deliver us,
and His word bends time, circumstance, and even our stubbornness to make it so.
So if your heart feels restless today—
if things are shifting and you can’t explain why—
don’t fight it.
It is not chaos. It is choreography.
It is the Arm again.
It is G-d rearranging your story
so that you will not miss your Exodus.
Let the pride go.
Let the image go.
Let yourself be led.
And if you feel something brush against the edge of your soul—
just know:
It is not imagination.
It is His Arm.
And He is reaching for you.
