Re: Verse reading–Exodus 25:1-11, 17-18, 23-24, 31-32; 26:1-2, 7-8; 27:1-2; 29:43-46 (day five)
What a sight it must have been, God’s presence and glory surrounding Mt. Sinai. (Chapter 24) Can you imagine the majesty and magnitude the people both saw and felt? The human tendency is to ask or question, “When is the next big moment”? “What will God do next to grab my attention or have the wow factor”?
God’s plan for leading and caring for His People included more than grandiose moments, it included regular meeting.
We see it in the faith development of teens: depending on God’s power and presence only at events like Camp, Retreats, and Freedom Weekends. But the teens (adults too) that spiritually thrive, are the ones who understand and discover that faith grows deeper and stronger as they daily encounter the dwelling presence of God, rather than a “mountain top” moment here or there.
43 I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory. 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; 45 I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. 46 They shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.