John 13- Passover

Read:  John Chapter 13

“Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” (John 13:1)

Oh the richness of the scripture!!!  I love the details which speak of God’s spiritual purpose and rhythm.  The Passover was celebrated to remember how God’s judgement passed over the Israelites just before God saved them from slavery and delivered them out of Egypt.  God commanded the Israelites to kill a lamb and use the blood to paint on their doorpost.  In this way, judgement and death passed over their household.  Jesus was the manifestation and reality of the passover lamb, slain for our salvation and deliverance from sin.  Over and over again God tells His story in history.  Grasp the reality of God’s love story in your life today.  Death and judgement pass over us as we believe the reality of salvation and deliverance through Jesus Christ.  We are loved!  

Holy Spirit, may You be my assurance of God’s story in my life.  Touch me today, that I may experience salvation and deliverance in a real and tangible way.  Lead me into the promised land, a rich and abundant land.  Thank you for writing Your story in the reality of my life!