So...I am making my way through the book of Exodus. I was excited to begin reading it at first, and I mean why wouldn't I be? The book of Exodus is one of the most miraculous accounts in the Bible; from the plagues to the parting of the Red Sea. Once the Israelites make it out, it's clear that God is committed to teaching them how they must live for Him. Exodus 25 marks the beginning of chapters where God is more or less instructing them on how he must be worshiped; he's teaching them the difference between right and wrong worship.
He instructs Moses to build an ark and gives him the specifications on what it must have. It's mind-blowing at all the details of this ark. I was reading it the whole time thinking, "God, I don't care about some ark you ordered Moses to build thousand of years ago. How does this speak to me today? How can I apply this to my life today?" What I discerned from the Holy Spirit more or less is that God is a God of details. He cares about the details. And if details matter to Him then they should also matter to us.
Moses needed to humble himself and listen to God. He could have never been obedient to creating the ark, if he never took the time to listen to God. Sometimes, I am disobedient because I don't listen. I don't wait for instruction. I dive right into something without having listened to whatever God had to say about it first. To obey means that willingness is present. It also means that you've listened. Listening and obeying may go hand-in-hand, but having an open ear always precedes any instruction and/or action that may follow.
Okay God, now I get it what you wanted me to get from Exodus 25.
