Friday, January 29, 2010
January 31 ... Exodus 39 - 40 "Tragedies to Reverse/Endure
Exodus 40:36 "If the Cloud did not lift, the Israelites wouldn't set out." They were stiffnecked at times but they followed a God they did not see nor hear. I've thought a lot about the quote in the chapter "How This Book Can Speak to You"...When we focus on the smaller story of our lives from our natural birth to natural death, we'll misunderstand everything that matters. "Things that feel awful to you will be seen as nothing other than tragedies to reverse if possible, endure if necessary, and at all costs prevent from happening again." Lives "curved in" on ourselves. As we close Exodus, what have you thought about as you read this book? What did God stir in your heart? For me, I'm so longing to "let go" of what currently eats at me and find His Rest. Exodus 17:6 "I'm going to be present for you." And Exodus 33:14 "My Presence goes with you and I will give you Rest." How can I find that Rest in the midst of relational and health and financial problems? As it says in 66 Love Letters, am I more interested in being rescued from my pain and problems than being rescued from the Kingdom of Darkness?
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Exodus...how does it speak to me?
RESCUE
God was not a distant being distracted by creating the universe and keeping order.
He is...
I AM GOD
How powerful He is!
But even more than that, just look at how He personally RESCUED His own! He wanted to show His Great Power through the Israelites. He overshadowed the prince of darkness and pharaoh (the most powerful man on earth)...no one compares to Him!
He is God alone.
And He rescues His own. I think about that right now as I need Him so much in my own personal battles. With myself, with my relationships, with the prince of darkness, and, yes, sometimes with Him (how silly that I could distrust Him but I do).
I will keep remembering His detailed tabernacle and apply it to my own life...body, mind and spirit. He indwells. Me.
So precious!
Then take the anointing oil and anoint The Dwelling and everything in it; consecrate it and all its furnishings so that it becomes holy.
ReplyDeleteWithout the anointing, the tabernacle would just be another golden calf, empty of God's endwelling Spirit. With the Spirit's anointing, our own tabernacle hearts become holy--sacred vessels in which He resides. His command for us, "Be holy for I am holy." "Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, the Lord will do great things among you."
Lord, prepare my heart to be a sanctuary, as I wait expectantly on You alone.
Reading Exodus reminds me again of how much God wants to dwell in the midst of His people. He wants to identify with me, do I identify with Him all the time? He desires fellowship with us!
ReplyDeleteExodus truly reminds me again of how much God wants to dwell in the midst of His people. The Lord gave so many details and specifics about building His Meeting Place, "Tent of Meeting", His Tabernacle, and I didn't see those specifics as God being boastful or demanding; NO, I saw a Father calling for fellowship with his children. The Lord is willing to go any lengths to be with his child. 'Imagine God, the creator of the Universe, clothed with splendor and arrayed in glory, living in, a simple tent set up in a barren wilderness. Sure it was fancy, but compare it to what we imagine heaven to be. But, that is where He lived, just to be near his people.'
ReplyDeleteWOW.......God "camping" just to be near his children.......He wants to fellowship with me?? Who am I??? I am HIS child, just as you are His child too.
Woohoo......that makes me jump up and down and Praise My Father!!! Praise the Lord!! He is so WORTHY of our Praise. He is WORTHY of our Worship. He is WORTHY of Honor. He Is WORTHY of our Thanks!!!
Be Blessed this week dear Sisters, and through the study of Exodus I leave with a "glow of radiance on my face." (Exodus 34:29-35)