Unleavened Decisions: Why Waiting Can Cost You Everything
Unleavened Bread: The Feast that Demands Action
You are missing out on Eden because you're stuck in a land of indecision.
You know the bad habits that keep you from losing weight, becoming financially secure, or whatever it is that God has placed on your heart.
Yet you sit on the fence waiting for more information, waiting for the right time, waiting for some mystical certainty to arrive. But here's the harsh truth: God doesn't wait for your calendar to clear. He’s opening doors for you right now that you are refusing to step through.
This is what I call the Passover Principle: Transformation requires urgent, decisive action—not perfect preparation.
Consider the story of the Exodus. God rains 9 plagues down on the Egyptians, decimating the system of oppression while the Israelites watch with their bowls of popcorn. The goal was freedom, but that 10th and final plague was different. It would bring about freedom, but there was a condition: they had to act. They had to sacrifice the lamb. They had to be dressed and ready.
God didn’t send a survey to see when everyone felt prepared to leave Egypt. He declared, "Tonight is the night." If you don’t escape now, you're staying forever.
This decisive moment became the beginning of a new life. God said, "This month shall be the beginning of months for you." In other words, this choice would reset their calendar. This wasn’t a New Year’s resolution that would be forgotten in a month; it was a do-or-die moment.
Passover is about urgency. It’s about taking the first step toward a better life. And the Feast of Unleavened Bread that follows? It's an annual reminder of that need to take decisive action. No leavened bread. Why? Because when the opportunity for freedom arose, Israel had to make the decision right then. They didn’t even have time for dough to rise. It was now or never.
If you want to find your Eden—the life that God intends for you—you cannot remain paralyzed by indecision.
"But wait," you might be thinking. "Isn't careful planning Biblical wisdom? Shouldn't I count the cost before building the tower?"
Yes—but there's a critical difference between prudent planning and perpetual postponement. The Israelites had likely been planning their escape for generations. When the moment came, they didn't need more planning—they needed movement.
Let me tell you about my recent Exodus moment. I stepped on the scale after avoiding it for months. 304 pounds. Thinking it must be broken, I checked the other scale we own. Still 304 pounds. I knew I couldn’t keep going like that. I didn’t need more information. I had read everything about every diet out there and knew exactly how to lose weight. What I lacked was a decisive moment.
So I got a referral to a weight management physician. We talked, and I told her: "I know it all boils down to calories in and calories out." We made a plan: 1,930 calories a day or less.
I walked out of her office that morning, and I started that day. Not next week. That day. From eating over 4,000 daily calories down to 1,930. It was hard. It hurt. But it was my Passover moment. I cut out junk food like it was Egyptian leaven. It meant throwing out a lot of my favorite snacks, but unlike Lot’s wife, I didn’t look back.
And the results? Within six months, I had lost over 70 pounds. My blood pressure normalized. My sleep improved. My energy returned. The promised land was real—but I would never have experienced it without that decisive first step.
Now here’s the thing I want you to take away: I didn’t feel ready, but I didn’t need to be fully prepared.
I needed to move. Immediately.
And yes, I stumbled. But every time I fell, I got back up. The next day, I recommitted. Step by step.
See, we think that more time equals better decisions. But Malcolm Gladwell, in his book Blink, shows otherwise. Often, quick decisions—snap judgments—are just as good, sometimes better than spending days or weeks weighing out the options.
This isn't just pop psychology—it's Biblical wisdom in modern packaging. When God speaks to your heart, that immediate conviction often cuts through mental clutter and reveals what truly matters. Additional time often just provides space for our excuses and fears to multiply.
Waiting feels safe. But it’s an illusion. You don’t think your way into change. You act your way into clarity.
The Israelites would never have reached the Promised Land by sitting around contemplating how best to serve God. They had to move.
Salvation was a gift, but it required active participation.
The rest of the Bible is no different. It doesn’t just recommend action. It rebukes indecision.
Revelation 3? The Laodiceans aren’t condemned for evil. Their sin is being lukewarm. Undecided. And because of their lack of commitment to action, Jesus threatens to vomit them out of his mouth.
James 4:13-14 warns against putting off what should be done today: "You do not know what tomorrow will bring... You are like vapor." When we say we will do it tomorrow, tomorrow rarely comes.
On Mount Carmel, Elijah doesn’t say, "Take your time to weigh the pros and cons." He says, "How long will you waver between two opinions?" Decide. Today.
Indecision isn’t neutral. It’s rebellion dressed up as caution.
Jesus takes the requirement of urgency to the extreme. In Matthew 5, He tells His audience, "If you remember your brother has something against you, leave your gift at the altar and go be reconciled."
What we miss is that he’s speaking to a Galilean audience. To offer an animal, they had to travel to Jerusalem to the Temple, which was a three to seven day journey by foot. Most Galileans only made this journey during the annual festivals. So to take Jesus seriously would mean walking three days back home from Jerusalem, missing the feast, missing the offering, just to make things right. That’s urgency. That’s Passover-level commitment.
Jesus also tells the man who wanted to bury his father before following Him, "Let the dead bury their own dead." Harsh? Maybe. But He was confronting our endless stall tactics. We always have a reason to wait one more day.
So what does this mean for you right now?
If you keep waiting for a sign, you’ll miss the moment. His return, His call, His invitation to transformation—it comes like a thief in the night.
The longer you wait to deal with that habit, that bitterness, that toxic pattern, the harder it becomes. Tomorrow will always feel safer and easier. But tomorrow never comes.
Joshua said, "Choose this day whom you will serve." Not next Sabbath. Not next year. Today.
You don’t need more time. You need a Passover moment.
The Passover Framework I've developed isn't just another self-help system. It's a Biblical approach to transformation that honors God's call for decisive action in your life. It consists of three key elements:
Change Management - Understanding the progressive steps necessary for lasting change.
The Rites of Passage - Applying the Biblical pattern to transform your identity.
The Departure - Taking immediate, concrete steps away from your Egypt
That’s what my Passover Framework course is all about. If you're ready to leave your Egypt—whether it's a mindset, a habit, or a toxic pattern—this is your invitation to act.
But just like the feast, this course isn’t always available. Registration closes April 21st—less than one week from today.
Don’t wait for clarity. Take the step. Let this be your Exodus moment.
Freedom starts today—or it doesn’t start at all.