Through the lens of Young adult

Passover did not depend on the people inside the house being good enough.

It did not matter if the kids in that household had been kind that day. It did not matter if the parents had had a hard year. The destroyer was not checking the family’s moral résumé. He was checking the doorpost. Was there blood on it? Then the household was covered.

Most young adults, especially those raised in church, carry a low-grade conviction that they are almost good enough — but not quite. That if they could just clean up one more thing, God would finally accept them. Passover says no.

You do not have to perform your way into the Father’s family. The blood is the sign of belonging. You came to the lamb. The blood was applied. You are covered. The destroyer has been pulled away from your doorpost forever.

That is not a license to drift. That is fuel for love. People who know they are covered do not perform. They live.

One small thing today: in a moment when you feel like you are not performing well enough for God, picture the doorpost. The blood is on it. He has already passed over the verdict that should have hit you. Walk the rest of the day in that knowledge.