March 17, 2009 - Exodus 26

In Exodus 26, God gives Moses some very specific directions on the construction of the tabernacle. In fact, verse 30 says that Moses should "Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain." It appears that this was so important to God that He gave Moses a list of materials to use, the pieces to construct, directions on how to construct them, directions on how to assemble them, the furniture to make to go inside, where the furniture should be place inside, and then showed him how to do it while Moses was on the mountain. Talk about laying out a blueprint! We are grateful for directions when we are constructing or assembling something and follow them without fail when we want it to be 'just right'. When it comes to how to live our lives, aren't we a little more cavalier? God has given us a detailed 'blueprint' for that as well, in His Word, the Bible. Do we even take the time to read it and try to understand it, much less try to follow it?