Scripture: Exodus 37:17-24 (The Message)
17-23 He made a Lampstand of pure hammered gold, making its stem and branches, cups, calyxes, and petals all of one piece. It had six branches, three from one side and three from the other; three cups shaped like almond blossoms with calyxes and petals on one branch, three on the next, and so on—the same for all six branches. On the main stem of the Lampstand, there were four cups shaped like almonds, with calyxes and petals, a calyx extending from under each pair of the six branches. The entire Lampstand with its calyxes and stems was fashioned from one piece of hammered pure gold. He made seven of these lamps with their candle snuffers, all out of pure gold.
24 He used a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.
Observation: Verses 17-24 of chapter 37 highlight what chapters 37-8 are about for me. G– is in the details. From the intricacies of the design of the Lampstand to how much of a particular element will be used in the objects creation be it the purple used in the fabric to the bronze used in the footings to the exact amounts used in the creation of the sanctuary’s accessories. This also struck me–the Israelites obeyed without reservation. They were about the details from the beginning.
Application: If Moses and his cohorts were about the details as G– is about details; then what details am I overlooking?
Prayer : Dear G–, thank you for your amazing word. Clean my slate, Lord, so I can see with new eyes what details you need me to attend to today.
