The staff of life:

Moses was given the mission to guide Gods people out of Egypt where they were being persecuted...
He was told to throw his staff to the ground, where it was transformed into a serpent, showing the power of Almighty God!
Moses, recoiled from it in fear...
God chose this simple staff of wood, this simple man of of speech, to become the way by which He would lead His people out.
Serpents would indeed be devoured by it, all evil would be over powered and brought low by it...
God in His love for Israel provided manna, gave springs of life giving water, as He led His people on, on towards His holy city...Jerusalem.

Now in this day of the Lord, the staff indeed leads Gods people on...
Not a serpent, but a Cross, as Moses, we all still recoil from it...
God commanded Moses, "Pick it up by its tail"... To embrace the staff, is to be transformed by it. The Holy Staff, Gods alter of love...
From it a beaten, bleeding heart hangs seemingly lifeless from it.
But look closer still, a light comes forth, provision of strength is given in manna from Gods right hand, life giving water flows from within it, to lead His people on.

Take no bread, no purse, no spare tunic, for your journey...only embrace and hold up the Holy Staff of God...
His Risen Son, in Body , in Blood, in Word, leading Gods people ever on to the eternal city ... Jerusalem.