Who were willing

 “The children of Israel brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all the men and women whose hearts were willing to bring material for all kinds of work which the Lord, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭35‬:‭29‬ ‭

Israel gave to the Lords work at least those who were willing did! Do you think God noticed who did and who did not? You bet He did as it is recorded in His Word! So are you willing to give for the work of the Lord? If God looks at your bank account does He find you willing or not?

Chew on that today!

Tom

Name of the Lord

 “And whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall certainly stone him, the stranger as well as him who is born in the land. When he blasphemes the name of the Lord, he shall be put to death.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭24‬:‭16‬ ‭

Just think on that. How many would be dead for doing this if penalty was still done!?? God takes His name very seriously. So should we. 

Tom

Power!!

 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭

If you are a true follower of Jesus, then the Holy Spirit lives inside you. You then have power from God to do God’s will in your life like tell others about Jesus. Are we using that power as God has told us to do?

We have no excuses! Get busy!

Tom 

Cut off from his people.

 “Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.’ ””

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭7‬:‭27‬ ‭

God set up laws for Israel to follow. Some of them if not followed resulted in being cut off from the people of Israel. We too have commands from God to follow with the most serious one being to follow Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Failure to follow so will result in you being cut off from God and His children for eternity. Obey God!

Tom

Why has the Lord not come yet?

 “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

‭‭II Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭

One of the reasons the Lord has not come yet is because of this verse. God is patient and giving all the opportunity to repent and come to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior. But do not be fooled the clock is ticking and at some point time will be up! Jesus will come! Be ready!

Tom

Too much!

 “So Moses gave a commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, “Let neither man nor woman do any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.” And the people were restrained from bringing, for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭36‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭

It is safe to say most churches don’t have the problem Moses had…giving too much! May we be givers to the Lord’s work as well where the Pastor has say “your giving too much”!

Tom

Interceder

“So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped. Then he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.””

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭34‬:‭8‬-‭9‬ ‭

 May we all have a friend like Moses who intercedes for us unto the Lord. Yes Jesus is our main interceder but I am talking about godly friends!

Tom