Our Offering So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers. Numbers 7:84 My Takeaways Something Old Every tribe sacrificed the same thing. Something New What can we bring to Him? Genuine…
Follow The Leader Sometimes the cloud stayed only overnight and lifted the next morning. But day or night, when the cloud lifted, the people broke camp and moved on. Numbers 9:21 My Takeaways Something Old The central theme of Obey me, Trust me, continues. Something New When the cloud moved, Israel moved; when…
John 15:10 (NIV,) “If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.’ Ah, the thought of remaining in God’s love! There’s certain wooing in the message of this great verse. Who doesn’t want to remain the perfect love of our loving…
Let Yes Be Yes Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. Exodus 38:22 My Takeaways Something Old Do I do everything just as the LORD commands me? Or Do I offer a pause, cause, or clause? Without pause: Yes,…
Unity In the Work Take a sacred offering for the LORD. Let those with generous hearts present the following gifts to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;… Exodus 35:5 My Takeaways Something Old God could have spoken the Tabernacle into being, but instead chose to invite His people to be part of the…
When God Is Up To Something Big When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron, “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land Egypt.”…