So far we have done a lot of talking about the Passover meal and what many of the individual things represent. With tonight being the traditional night of the Passover meal, we are going to take a step back from the deals to look at what the whole thing represents
Read Exodus 12:42 and journal some of your thoughts
If we are not careful it is easy for us to take things that happen and turn them into traditions without really honoring what those events really meant. On that first Passover, God did this great act by rescuing his people from slavery in Egypt. Obviously, one of the ways the people remembered this was through the celebration of the Passover meal, but they also guarded themselves from allowing this to simply become a tradition.
Ancient Rabbis use to interpret Exodus 12:42 to mean that we should always be looking to see what big things God is going to do next. In order to teach this idea to their children, after the Passover dinner the children would open the front door to see if Elijah was standing there (Malachi 4:5).
This raises the question for us; what big thing are we expecting God to do next? Are we expecting God to do great things around us in our world, are we expecting him to just work on the details of our lives? As you look out your metaphorical front door, where do you see God moving? Where do you see God wanting to work?
As we begin to wrap up this Easter season meditate on this idea: Where do I expect to see God moving today?
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