Exodus 25 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from each man whose heart prompts him to give. 3 These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; 4 blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; 5 ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows; acacia wood; 6 olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; 7 and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 8 "Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you. As I read the items listed that He called the community to take to him, I thought about myself listening to this list of items. I began to feel saddened that if God came today, there wasn’t much I would have to offer to him. To my husband’s delight, I am not a big jewelry person (at least not the real stuff) so I would only have a wedding ring to offer, some olive oil (right out of the no-name brand bottle) a few spices, a squirt or two of perfume and the diamond from the wedding ring listed above. No fine linens; not even a table cloth. Done. Nothing left to give. And that would be what we had as a family. Nothing more. Read the rest at OneMinuteMinistry.net
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:03:30 +0000