November 27– Exodus 36:8-19

November 27– Exodus 36:8-19

⁸ And all the craftsmen among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains. They were made of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns, with cherubim skillfully worked. ⁹ The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains were the same size.

¹⁰ He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another. ¹¹ He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain of the first set. Likewise he made them on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set. ¹² He made fifty loops on the one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set. The loops were opposite one another. ¹³ And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to the other with clasps. So the tabernacle was a single whole.

¹⁴ He also made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. He made eleven curtains. ¹⁵ The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. The eleven curtains were the same size. ¹⁶ He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. ¹⁷ And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the one set, and fifty loops on the edge of the other connecting curtain. ¹⁸ And he made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together that it might be a single whole. ¹⁹ And he made for the tent a covering of tanned rams' skins and goatskins.

God expected his instructions to be followed to the letter or He wouldn’t have given such precise instructions. 

What does this tell you about God?

How does God’s delight in beauty inspire you?

Heavenly Father, You are a God of precision and perfection.  Oh, that I could even do a 10^th of what You expect, but I am a disobedient and very flawed human.  Even my deep desire to be obedient doesn’t keep my head above water.  The only thing I can do is lean into You and learn from You to slow down and think things through.  Take time to respond rather than react.  Help me be a woman who leans into You before I step in.

In Jesus’ name.

Amen!