Memorise: Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord:
whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord;
gold, and sliver and brass. Exodus 35:5
Read: Exodus 25:1-9, (KJV) 1 And the Lord spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that
giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And
this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
5 And
rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
6 Oil
for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
7 Onyx
stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
8 And
let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
9 According
to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern
of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Bible in one year: 1st Corinthians 8:1-11:16, Psalms
9:11-20
MESSAGE
One truth that children of God
must embrace is that we are partners with God in His divine project. God
created man in His image, by implication; man is superior to all other creation
and is lord over the universe. God prepared man to occupy a position of junior
partner with Him. This is why after He had created the Heaven and the earth and
all that were in the earth, He put man in charge of naming, keeping and dressing
them. The Bible says:
“And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of
the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the
name thereof.”
Genesis 2:19
So, man had been charged with the
responsibility of doing God’s project from the beginning and up till date, God
has not withdrawn this responsibility from man, although at times, man fails to
live up to God’s expectation. I pray for someone using this devotional; you
will from now on live according to God’s expectation concerning Kingdom
projects in Jesus’ name.
In today’s Bible reading, the
Lord commanded Moses to take offerings from the children of Israel for the
building of the Tabernacle. He told them to bring the offering willingly and
joyfully. God is still making demands on us for His projects; missionary,
infrastructural or administrative. It is left to us to respond according to our
ability. One other truth we must learn from the story of the children of Israel
is that everything God demanded from them was provided to them by God Himself.
When the children of Israel were leaving Egypt, the Lord caused the Egyptians
to send them away in a hurry with the riches of the land. The Bible says:
“And the
children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the
Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: And the Lord gave
the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them
such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.”
Exodus
12:35-36
Another lesson we must learn from
this is that whatever blessing we are blessed with has a reason and the reason
primarily is for kingdom projects. Therefore, I advise someone reading this
devotional today to find out the areas where God’s project needs his or her
urgent attention and go ahead to meet that need.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me not to fail you in Kingdom Business in Jesus’
name.
Open Heavens Daily, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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