Hebrews 11:28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is the chapter on faith, naming Moses among its witnesses to how people live by faith. It calls minds away from visible, discouraging things to dwell on the unseen, and keeping the Passover belongs to that call. Through faith Moses kept the Passover and had the blood sprinkled, trusting God's command that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
That obedience was complete, according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. When God commanded anything he did it without stopping to consider consequences, and without stopping to ask whether it seemed proper or reasonable to human judgment. He gave God credit for wisdom to know what He meant and for firmness of purpose to mean what He said, and acted as seeing the Invisible. His faith moved forward in trust and obedience even when God's instructions seemed unreasonable to human judgment.
It was simple, implicit, ever-abiding, constant and unflinching faith, acting in God's strength and wisdom rather than in the ways of men. It was constant faith in the power and loving intentions of the Deliverer. Such faith required simplicity of character, loss of self-confidence, and a sense of utter helplessness and inefficiency apart from the Lord Jesus. The rash slaying of the Egyptian was not this faith but a presumptuous spirit, the opposite of it.
By that faith Moses pressed through difficulties and overcame obstacles that seemed almost insurmountable. He stood against evil in the Lord's name and was sustained and strengthened by Him. Because he worked in co-partnership with the Lord, God could manifest His great power through him and make him a sanctified channel through which God could work. The mighty General of armies delivered Israel from difficulties they never could have escaped if left to themselves and relying on their own power, and it is the same faith through which God still works and protects.
Moses serves as a pattern for Christians, for the faith seen in sacred history can work in believers now. It calls them to turn from visible, discouraging things to the unseen, to endure trials, and to serve as channels of God's power. The heroes of faith obeyed God in fidelity, and their faithfulness made their light shine before the world and led others to glorify God.