It is all about Him

 Read Exodus 37-40. 

God is a God of detail and beauty.  He provided specific instructions concerning the furnishings of the Tabernacle, including the priestly robes.  These were not decided by an autocrat, nor a committee.  No less than 17 times in chapters 39 and 40 we read the same words, "as the LORD commanded Moses". 

How beautiful the completed work must have been!  More importantly, God was pleased.  His pleasure was demonstrated visibly in 40:34, "Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle." 

His visible presence on the place of worship must have been the most incredible sight of all.  

Several thoughts come to mind-

1. If God was so concerned with the details of a portable tent, how much more concerned is He about the details of our lives.  So many live their lives without a thought of what God wants them to think, say, or do.  The fear of the LORD is beginning of wisdom and is shown in our constant awareness of His presence and His desire for our details. 

2. When God moved the people moved.  Where God moved the people moved.  He provided clear direction and guidance for His people.  How we who love the LORD should depend upon Him daily, moment by moment! 

3. Worship has nothing to do with a music style or the organizational style of a program.  If God is not the center of attention, if His Word is not the primary voice that is heard, if His glory is not the motivation, if His presence is not honored and sensed, then all else will only amount to an empty performance of one kind or another. 

4. One of the primary take-aways from the book of Exodus is the great lengths God went to in order to rescue, preserve, teach and have personal fellowship with a people who would worship, love, and obey Him.  It was all a part of keeping His eternal promise.  And this wonderful work continues today for all who will respond to Him in faith.  "For God so loved the world that He gave only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16)