It's amazing that when the children of Israel were invited to give freewill offerings for the building of the tabernacle, that they gave so much that Moses had to send out an announcement for them to STOP GIVING!
"And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done--indeed too much." Ex. 36:7
What a contrast to how it is in our own lives today. We are such stingy Christians on so many fronts. Stingy in giving our time, our tithe, our thank offerings and most of all our love and adoration for our King. The problem is not so much the lack of gifts, but the lack of heart behind the giving. When we love someone, we want to give... we can't help but give... and we keep on giving...
Thankfully God keeps on giving despite our stinginess. His mercies are new every morning. He is so faithful, and He shows us this in a thousand ways.
I simply LOVE Psalms 19... "The heaven's declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork." As we look up at the stars we see evidence of the majesty of the God whom we serve. If He cares about the stars, and yet He cares about the Sparrows, I know He cares about me. What courage and comfort that gives me.
I appreciate this quote from the book Longing for God: "In this the Bible resembles the night sky; the longer you look, the more stars there are." The longer we gaze at the heavens, the more we see of God's love! And He is good... in fact, the darker the night, the more His goodness appears!
Tomorrow's Reading: Ex. 37-38, and Acts 3
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