Exodus 40: 34-38, “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.”
When everything was finished and the ceremonial part of Israel’s life was properly established then they were ready to move on at the Lord’s command. This is also true in our lives. We are not really ready to move forward in the Lord’s service unless we have everything in place to serve Him. However, all we have to do is believe God and then we are ready to serve Him.(compare Gen 15: 6, “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.” and Gen 6: 6-8, “And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”) The question is not a matter of what I can bring to the Lord but what I believe that the Lord can do for me.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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