Israel remained at Sinai for the construction of this Tabernacle. Work began shortly after Moses returned from the mountain, which would have been about three months after the people’s first arrival at Sinai. The date of completion is given as the first day of the first month in the second year (Exodus 40:17), which means about five and one-half months later. On the day of completion, the cloud, which otherwise led the people, settled over the Tabernacle and the glory of God filled it (Exodus 40:34).
The Tabernacle teaches us a great lesson in our service for God.
During World War II, England needed to increase its production of coal. Winston Churchill called together labor leaders to enlist their support. At the end of his presentation, he asked them to picture in their minds a parade that he knew would be held in Piccadilly Circus after the war.
First, he said, would come the sailors who had kept the vital sea-lanes open. Then would come the soldiers who had come home from Dunkirk and then gone on to defeat Rommel in Africa. Then would come the pilots who had driven the Luftwaffe from the sky.
Last of all, he said, would come a long line of sweat-stained, soot-streaked men in miner's caps. Someone would cry from the crowd, “And where were you during the critical days of our struggle?” And from ten thousand throats would come the answer, “We were deep in the earth with our faces to the coal."
Not all the jobs in a church are prominent and glamorous. But it is often the people with their "faces to the coal" who help the church accomplish its mission.
To those who serve in areas of the “unseen:” thank you and remember, God sees the “unseen.”
What to do:
✞Remember, there are no little ones in God’s service.
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