When I see the Blood

Exodus 11 and 12 starts off really heavy.

More Plagues, Warnings, and Consequences. It's a lot. Then come the Rules, instructions, and a bunch of requirements. ALL of it all can feel overwhelming. Sometimes faith feels like that too.

    So many voices. So many expectations. So many "do this, don't do that, measure up, get it right.".....Whew, right...

    But right in the middle of all that heaviness, God says "When I see the blood, I will pass over you."

Not when I see your perfection.

Not when I see your performance.

Not when I see your church attendance or your good intentions.

Just the blood!

    It reminds me of that old song we sang growing up in church....

🎶 "When I see the blood, I will pass, I will pass over you…" I didn't fully understand it as a kid, but now i do. Because right now,in my own life, I don't have all the answers. Right now, we're walking through uncertainty. My husband was in an accident, the car is totaled, and suddenly life feels a lot more fragile than it did a few days ago.

    And I will be completely honest, part of me wants to panic. Part of me wants to start doing the math, figuring it all out, stressing about how we're going to make everything work. But this scripture reminded me today..God wasn't asking them to understand everything. He was asking them to trust the covering.

  They had to stay inside. They had to trust that what God said was enough.They couldn't see what was happening outside their doors they just had to believe He would protect them. And that's kind of where I am right now.

I don't know exactly how God is going to provide. I don't know what the next steps look like yet.

         But I do know this....We're covered!

     We spend so much time trying to qualify ourselves for God. Trying to be "good enough."

Trying to fix ourselves before we come to Him.

But God says, I'm not looking for your resume. I'm looking for the blood.The power was never in the Israelites.The power was in what covered them.

    And then there's this part that gets me just as much...God tells them to teach this to their children and their children's children. He does that alot in Scripture. He tells the people time and time again to remember, don't forget and tell the generations to come...

     Tell the story. Remember it. Pass it down.

Not just the rules.Not just the rituals.But the deliverance.Because one day I want to be able to say.....

 🌟 "There was a season when things felt uncertain.

  🌟 There was a moment when we didn't know how it would work out.And God took care of us."

And Not because we had it all together.But because we trusted the covering.We don't need a perfect plan, Just a faithful God. And I want my kids, and their kids, to know....We're not held by our resources. We're held by His promises.

When He sees the blood....

He still passes over.

He still protects.

He still provides.

He still delivers.

And right now, that's the story I'm choosing to believe...Even in the middle of it. 💗

Love Pastor Mandy

Ark of Hope Ministry 

Daily Reading Exodus 10-12