Being passed over

Exodus 9-12

Great Passover story this a.m. 

I love this story because of what it means to me personally.  We all get passed over.  Promotions, raises, not being picked for the team, being a member of the in-group, all of us get passed over now and then.  As an artist hardly a week goes by without a “passing over” arriving in the mail.  Lost this show or that commission.  Getting passed over is not for the thin skinned.  But the exact opposite is true of this original Passover and the one so personal to me.  There was a lot of me that God had to “passover” in order to save me.  I was a lot like the Prodigal Son who “squandered his estate in loose living.” Luke 15.  There was a mountain of “squandering” in my life that God had to passover.  I would imagine, if we were honest, the same could be said of us all.  But the clear sweet fact is that the Passover is personal not universal, so I always see it in light of me.  The good news, so does God.  He solved my Passover dilemma in Romans 5:8, “But God demonstrated His own love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”  You see it is not my sin that compels God but His love.  Yes there was a lot of me to Passover but praise God it doesn't measure up to His love.  I’m Passed Over.