So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I am the lord your God.
God sets his people apart from those who do not pursue him. I need to grow up and stop being a brat and just do what my Father wants from me. On the occasion I do walk more in his path, life is so much more awesome and fun.
Lord God, Help me to outgrow my selfish ways and surrender Joyfully to your will.
Fire blazed forth from the lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
they disobeyed the lord by burning before him the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 2So fire blazed forth from the lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the lord.
Oh how awesome it would have been there to see the Lord’s presence, and terrifying.
Then Aron’s sons didn’t follow the Lords instructions perfectly and died right there in front of everyone.
The Lord is awesome and all powerful, why do we not follow his commands perfectly to see his awesome presence in out lives. I think we get satisfied with the little glimpses of His glory and become spiritually arrogant to a degree and feel all good about ourselves, just a thought.
Oh Lord God, May I allow you to purify my heart so I may have your power and presence in my life to follow you more closely every day.
In Jesus name,
Amen
He spells it out with great detail, yet we still have a hard time understanding. Even thou Jesus became to perfect sacrifice we get to know God’s heart for his people-us.
Lord God, help me to live with an understanding of how you want me to live and love and to detest the areas of sin I have yet to surrender to you.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Now whenever the cloud lifted from the Tabernacle, the people of Israel would set out on their journey, following it. 37But if the cloud did not rise, they remained where they were until it lifted.
Oh to have such clear signs of what God wants me to do, or do I. I think I allow the world to confuse me to the point of blocking the desire the Lord has for me.
Oh Lord, Please identify the ways I block you from having a close relationship with you.
In Jesus name,
Amen
Finally the craftsmen who were working on the sanctuary left their work. 5They went to Moses and reported, “The people have given more than enough materials to complete the job the lord has commanded us to do!”
How hard it is to give to the point God has my all. How awesome it would be to hear “you have given enough” from God.
Lord God, help me to release my all to your use.
Inside the Tent of Meeting, the lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend
The lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”
So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones.
“You must not make a treaty of any kind with the people living in the land. They lust after their gods, offering sacrifices to them.
The Lord wants to speak to us as a friend would. How do I pay honor to the Lord and think of him as a friend.
The Lord says ” I will give you rest-everything will be fine for you.” Wow, to live with that true belief.
Do not have a compromise with anything of this place, trust only in the lord. Don’t trust in your own abilities to protect yourself from the influence of evil.
We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
Then the lord said, “I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are. 10Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them. Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”
11But Moses tried to pacify the lord his God. “O lord!” he said. “Why are you so angry with your own people whom you brought from the land of Egypt with such great power and such a strong hand?
Moses told them, “This is what the lord, the God of Israel, says: Each of you, take your swords and go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other. Kill everyone—even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.” 28The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 people died that day.
Wow, this is a hard one to read. The Lord ask so little of his people. As soon as authority is out of sight for a short time sin becomes most important. We must submit to God to remain pure and blessed in a life abundant, left to our own authority we are completely foul. This is why I strive to spend time each day with the Lord, yet I still fall so short. We must slaughter evil completely or it will overtake our soul and cause our actions to be wrong.
Lord God,
Help me to identify the areas I am still holding on to and ruling over and surrender them to you. May I submit totally to your authority in ALL areas of my flesh and spirit.
In Jesus Holy Name,
Amen
Accept the contributions from all whose hearts are moved to offer them.
Plans for the Tabernacle
Plans for the Altar of Burnt Offering
Plans for the Courtyard
Light for the Tabernacle
God only wants gifts from those who’s hearts are moved to give. We choose to love and honor him.
The detail for how God wanted these things built is amazing. It’s interesting seeing how God has detailed plans all thru the Bible for how we should live. His plans better than my plans yet I struggle to surrender to Him.
Lord God, Help me to get over myself and get into your plan for my life today.
In Jesus Name,
Amen
“We will do everything the lord has commanded. We will obey.”
Then Moses disappeared into the cloud as he climbed higher up the mountain. He remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
We make promises in the Lords presence, How hard is it to keep them at all times.
Lord God,
Help me to promise what I can keep with your power in my life. Keep me ever mindful of your presence in my life.
In Jesus name,
Amen