March 3

Exodus 25:9 (NIV)
9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you.

At first I thought that Moses had some creative license as to how to make the articles of the tabernacle. The descriptions were not super detailed and I was thinking that it was wonderful that God gave man so much creativity in making His temple. Then I came upon this verse:

Exodus 25:40 (NIV)
40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

That is when I noticed that God showed it to him. Verse 9 had said the same thing but I hadn’t caught it until I started writing. God showed it to him! I believe there was some craftsmanship and handiwork that went into the tabernacle or tent and all of it’s articles, but it was to be done as God had told them and showed them.

There are a few steps within our lives that we go through in reference to how we live and interact with our Champion and Architect. The first way is that we ask God to bless our day. We plan it for the most part and ask His blessing on it. The second is that we do get direction from the Lord for our day but most of what we talk to Him about is the big stuff and not the small stuff. Next, we surrender our days in complete, but the pattern of our lives, (the way we used to do things), takes over a lot of the time. This happens because we are not purposeful and because even though we received instructions on our day, we didn’t really see it as God sees it. The final step is to sit before the Lord and be so entrenched in His will, we not only see what He wants, but we cannot see it being done any other way. We receive the pattern of our days from Him and we fear Him enough to know that the accomplishments that need to be done, that are there for us to do, that are within our reach, will never be done without paying close attention to detail.

Will you aspire with me to seek His face before we do anything else, get clear direction from Him, and fear and respect Him enough to carry out things just as He shows us?