Today is Day 26 on our plan to read the bible in a year.
At the risk of summing this up TOO completely, I love these 3 chapters. Why? Because it’s a beautiful example of how God wants His house built. He told Moses to take up a love offering. It’s not Tithes. It’s not the sin offering, or the heave offering, or the wave offering, or an oblation or anything else that was not only needed, it was commanded.
Nope. This time God says to have people give as much as they can give with a willing heart. On the outside it looks like God is asking for money. But think about that one and you’ll realize how silly that sounds. So why would God want PEOPLE to give to something that He could have just provided for — say, like they’re stomping around the wilderness and a goat falls into a canyon cracked open by a quake that reveals a huge gold vein…you know, something like that — but He says no, He wants everybody who is willing to participate, to jump in and do it.
Then there are a couple chapters about how excellent He wants the job done.
So here I am, just a willing pastor with a building program going on. Hahaha. Here’s God showing me in His word that I’m not the first minister in history with a calling to build a sacred place for His Presence, and need to pull some money together to do it. I wonder if Moses looked around for a gold-filled canyon?
The real reason I think God wants them to give is so they can have the legal right to be blessed! You have to sow before you get to reap. Period.
There’s a truth in history: if you want Bible results, you need to do Bible things. Dig deep, find the depth of your willing heart, and give! We are going to finish the job God has put before us, and wouldn’t you like to be part of a great thing He has done? From the Biblical example, I see that is His plan.
I find this section of Exodus interesting in a new way this time I’m reading through. I used to tune it out as “boring” (I’m not a carpenter/builder or inclined in that way, so the minute details didn’t do much for me). However, I realized that there ARE people who are carpenters, builders, etc. The I started getting exciting, realizing that others may get MUCH more from this section than from others. Through His Word, we can all find many ways to connect with HIM, as we are made in HIS image. I may function in one aspect of who God is, but he has so many facets. As we work with others, with different strengths and personalities, it is good to remember that each of us are made in HIS image.
Great point! We can’t relate with others if we’re only looking out for ourselves! Great post April!
I don’t understand the chapters we have been reading over the past few days or the significance of it. Please help bring it to light