DOING GOD'S PROJECT

Take ye from among you an offering unto the
Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him
bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver,
and brass. Exodus 35:5
Read : Exodus 25:1-9
1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they
bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it
willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of
them; gold, and silver, and brass,
4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen,
and goats' hair,
5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins,
and shittim wood,
6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for
sweet incense,
7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod,
and in the breastplate.
8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may
dwell among them.
9 According to all that I shew thee, after the
pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all
the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Message
One truth that children of God must embrace is
that we are partners with God in His divine
project. God created man in His image, by
implication; man is superior to all other creation
and is Lord over the universe. God prepared man
to occupy a position of junior partner with Him.
This is why after He had created the Heaven and
the earth and all that were in the earth, He put
man in charge of naming, keeping and dressing
them. The Bible says:
"And out of the ground the LORD God formed
every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air;
and brought them unto Adam to see what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called
every living creature, that was the name thereof."
Genesis 2:19
So, man had been charged with the responsibility
of doing God's project from the beginning and up
till date, God has not withdrawn this responsibility
from man, although at times, man fails to live up
to God's expectation. I pray for someone using
this devotional; you will from now on live
according to God's expectation concerning
kingdom projects in Jesus' name.
In today's Bible reading, the Lord commanded
Moses to take offerings from the children of
Isreal for the building of the Tabernacle. He told
them to bring the offering willingly and joyfully.
God is still making demands on us for His
projects; missionary, infrastructural or
administrative. It is left to us to respond
according to our ability. One other truth we must
learn from the story of the children of Isreal is
that everything God demanded from them was
provided to them by God Himself. When the
children of Isreal were leaving Egypt, the Lord
caused the Egyptians to send them away in a
hurry with the riches of the land. The Bible says:
"And the children of Israel did according to the
word of Moses; and they borrowed of the
Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment: And the LORD gave the people favour in
the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto
them such things as they required. And they
spoiled the Egyptians." Exodus 12:35-36
Another lesson we must learn from this is that
whatever blessing we are blessed with has a
reason and the reason primarily is for Kingdom
projects. Therefore, I advise someone reading this
devotional today to find out the areas where
God's project needs his or her urgent attention
and go ahead to meet that need.
Prayer Point :
Father, please help me not fail you in Kingdom
Business in Jesus name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:16 and
Psalms 9:11-20
AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 3: DEEPER, DEEPER
Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
Chorus:
O deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.
Deeper, deeper, blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.
Chorus:
Deeper, deeper! though it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
Chorus:
Deeper, higher, every day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu'ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
Chorus:
Deeper, deeper in the faith of Jesus,
Holy faith and true;
In His pow'r and soul exulting wisdom
Let me peace pursue.