FRIDAY
JUNE 27, 2014.
'...Make everything according to
the pattern I have shown you...' Exodus 25:40 NLT
Thoughts
on the Tabernacle (2)
The
second element that marked the building of the Old Testament tabernacle was
excellence. God condemns perfectionism because it stifles our creativity and
robs us of all sense of progress. And Jesus condemned those who gave to impress
others. 'When you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as
the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have
glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.' (Matthew 6:2
NKJV) But if you think this means you can just offer God anything you feel
like, you're sorely mistaken. When it comes to serving, God wants you to aspire
to excellence. God said to Moses: 'And this is the offering which you shall
take from them: gold, silver, and bronze... And let them make Me a sanctuary,
that I may dwell among them. According to all that I show you, that is, the
pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you
shall make it.' (Exodus 25:3-9 NKJV) Why did God ask for gold? Because He
wanted the best not anything sloppy or second-rate. Guess where Luke records
Jesus sat when He went to church. Beside the treasury, watching people give.
'Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. I tell you the
truth, Jesus said, this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them.
For they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has
given everything she has.' (Luke 21:2-4 NLT) So, give God your best!
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