In Exodus 24-31, God provides Moses with a very detailed plan for the tabernacle. As I read through this encounter between God and Moses, I marveled at the amount of detail that God had invested in this plan for a place for Him to embody to speak with His children. It made me think of how detailed His plan must be for my life. I can only imagine they measurements, outlines, etc. that He has spread out over the course of my life.
But, the amount of detail also overwhelmed me...as the reader it seemed like overkill to a certain degree. Did God really need to be so meticulous? But, then I began to think of how overwhelming this encounter had to be for Moses... what if he got a measurement wrong or if he skipped a step entirely... Would God's presence be able to enter has He intended? Again, this made me think of God's purpose for me? I'm sure that it is very detailed and if delivered all at once quite overwhelming, so I'm grateful to receive in portions.
Another element that I found amazing came in chapter 31. In verses 1-11 God calls several craftsmen by name who He has given specific skills to complete the task of building the tabernacle. That's when it hit me, God has identified specific people before He fashioned me that had the specific skill set needed to complete the design for my life THANKS EVERYBODY!!!
Unfortunately, the book of Exodus doesn't end here... in chapter 32, the people of Israel throw all the hard work of Moses out of the window because their life of blessings, holiness and virtue took to long to explain. After years of slavery, God revealing His love and affection for them, they simply said, "forget this dude Moses, he's taking too long and we don't even know if he's coming back." This really stood out to me, mind you this isn't the first time I've read this passage... experience sure sheds a new light on old things... how often have I delayed the start of my journey into the promise land because the start of the trip was taking too long? What have I created as a golden calf in my life because I haven't let God's blueprints for my life take shape?
After reading this I thought about the old saying, "the devil's in the details". In this situation for me, it may be true. In this passage, God gave so many details that more time passed than the people of Israel cared to wait, allowing time for them to succumb to their own selfish and sinful nature. The passage of time has healing effects, but it also opens the doorway for our own evil nature to take control, if we fail to remember that their is a plan and for that plan to be a success we have to wait for all the details.
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