I have always said that if I lived in downtown Cincinnati, I wouldn't be able to stop buying Reds season tickets so that I could drop in to baseball games whenever they were home. If I were in walking distance, how could I not go to a game when they were right there? They're so close... I would have to go. I'd want to be in the stadium to experience the game.
Scripture paints a picture of intimacy between God and the Israelites. One of the first instructions that Moses receives is for an offering, all for the purpose of building a sanctuary, that God may dwell in their midst. God wants to be near them. God loves the people and wants there to be a place set aside to spend time with them. And wouldn't it be even better if it were built out of a freewill offering, motivated by gratitude, given in thanks by the people?
It makes me ask myself... how do I make time for God? Where in my life am I creating space to spend time with the God who loves me, whom I love? Where does that exist, and why do I let so many other things compete for space? They are louder, but none are lovelier. So many cause stress and heartache, and yet because they are more demanding, more pressing, I turn to them.
May we all pray for wisdom to discern, wisdom to discipline ourselves, that there may be a communion in our lives between us and God, that we may be enriched by God in our midst.
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