to the very day...

There are certain verses in the Bible that strike me more than others. Some are just the way they are worded and some hold deeper meaning for me. Five people can read the same passage and get five different meanings from what is being written.
Sometimes there are verses that are a bit obscure, unless it speaks to you in a moment, you will probably read over it and miss it. I love finding verses like that. There is one particular verse that is small, but holds great depths of meaning to me: Exodus 12:40-41 NIV
"Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord's divisions left Egypt."

To the very day. I take that very literally. I'm guessing to the day Joseph arrived in Egypt then 430 years later to the day God Exodused them out. Not 430 years and a handful of months, but to the very day.

The reason i find that to be so profound, is that it just shows how perfectly God moves in orchestrating his plans. He is always at work, always working behind the scenes. Even when you think he is far away, he is still at work. And he cares about the details. All those little details that had to happen in order for it to be 430 years to the very day. Joseph's arrival, his brothers and father's arrival, the growing of the Israeli population, Moses's birth, being saved on the Nile River, fleeing Egypt, living in the dessert, burning bushes, bad Pharaoh, plagues, passover... all leading up to an exodus that took ALL of the Lord's people out of Egypt 430 years later to the very day.
The New King James version says, even the selfsame day it came to pass. Since i am not always up on my King James language, I didn't know what "selfsame" meant, so i looked it up:
"being the very same; identical."
So basically on the identical day he brought the Israelites to Egypt, he brought them out.

And its funny that I worry that he isn't always able to work those seemingly minor details out in my own life.
God is not one to be trifled with... when he says to the very day, he means, to the very day.
I'm glad God doesn't forget to add those little details to the Bible. But then again, God is always in the details, big or small, he is there. Even in my details.