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Day 3
All the skilled
craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work and
said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work
the LORD commanded to be done." Then Moses gave an order and they sent this
word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an
offering for the sanctuary."
(Exodus
36:4-6)
Unless you
happen to be in the construction trade or the building industry yourself,
doesn’t it just amaze you? I mean: Could you locate,
cut, treat, and fasten together enough wood to build your nice house?
Could you dream up durable flooring, safe insulation, the electrical
scheme, and a safe heating and cooling system? Could you
develop the tiny electronic components that make all your handy gadgets
work? Could you do it for an the kind of ministry
expansion we’re planning?
Since most
of us can’t, it’s well worth compensating others who are able to help us in
those areas. That’s what we’ll need to do for our
building project at Saint Mark’s School. Now, wouldn’t
it be great if we’d do as well as the Israelites above?
When they put together the tabernacle – no small undertaking! – they brought
so much they had to be ordered to stop! Actually, it
must have been just a little disappointing for those who were still on their
way to contribute.
Could
anything like that possibly happen in our multi-million dollar capital
project, whose financing we envision requiring many years to complete?
Yes, it could be over very shortly! (With God,
nothing is impossible.) It would take some amazing
gifts, though. Do you maybe, personally have those kinds
of resources? Could you really put them to any better
use?
There was a
time that God undertook an immense project—one which, it seems, should have
taken an eternity of years to complete. He planned to
pay for every sin of every soul who ever lived (and each one of those sins
would land a soul in hell forever and ever!) But one
amazing gift enabled God to accomplish the necessary payment in one single,
very dark afternoon.
In view of
God’s Good Friday gift of Jesus, are you willing to make an amazing gift to
him?
Questions to Consider
1)
Do you personally have a
skill you can offer to our building project?
2)
What net worth do you
have? Can you make a large gift to God from it?
3)
Besides this project,
where must our church lavishly spend resources?
Prayer
Precious
Savior Jesus: How amazing is Your love! And how amazing
is the kindness with which You treat us! Win our hearts
each day, more and more, to accomplish amazing things on Your behalf—also
with our finances. Amen.
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