Imagine you're about to go on a long journey. You grab your phone charger, maybe an extra pair of Pumas, your Superman briefs and a couple beams of acacia wood. Wait, what? Yeah, you know, some random decorative wood for our long journey through the desert. Food? Nah. Extra water? Nope. Ornamental wood? Check! Hey, while your at it, can you grab a couple bundles of shingles... Cool? Thanks.
When the Israelites left Egypt, it says they pillaged the Egyptians and robbed them of their weath. I get that. Ten plagues later and I'd give Moses my MacBook, iPhone, Ducati, whatever just to get the guy outta town. So it makes sense that the Israelites picked up some gold, silver and precious gems. But what dude wandered out back and said, "Hey Ramses, mind if I take a couple bunks of acacia two bys?" Yeah, cause that's what I want to haul around!?!
It does show that Moses had some serious faith. Think about it. God told him to build the tabernacle with some pretty specific things. Things that Moses probably wasn't sure existed in the camp. And the closest Home Depot was gonna take some time to get to. But he doesn't question God. He knows that God will provide. And God did. Not only acacia wood, gold and linen but also some serious talent. And plenty of time too. Building this thing would have taken quite a bit of time. And yet the whole time they're building the tabernacle, the ark and making the preist's clothes, they're never attacked. God provided everything.
For people in ministry, there's a neat lesson somewhere in there about the way God takes care of us...
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Ok, Cobra Commander, maybe we need to talk about the superman briefs before we move on to the acacia wood...mmmm????
ReplyDeletei'm not so sure i'd give away the ducati.
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