Sunday, March 30, 2014

Year 4, Day 89: Exodus 40

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Discipleship Focus: Father

  • Father: This is the pinnacle of the Covenant Triangle.  God is the Father.  He is the creator.  He is love.  Our relationship with the Father is rooted in His love for us.  We get our identity through Him.  When the Father is in our life, obedience becomes clear.

It’s neat to have a good look at Father as we end the book of Exodus.  Moses was certainly obedient as he erects the tabernacle at the request of the Lord.  That obedience comes because Moses got his identity from the Father.

Furthermore, look closely at how this book ends.  When the tabernacle is erected, the glory of the Lord fills the tabernacle.  Here again we see an aspect of the Father.  The Father dwells with His people.

Also notice the response of the people.  When the glory of the Lord stayed in the tabernacle, the people stayed in camp.  When the glory of the Lord left the tabernacle, the people broke camp and moved where God led them.  Here we see a pattern take shape.  The Father gives us identity.  We are then able to act obediently to that very identity.  It starts with God and ends in our obedience.



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