HIS PATTERN
Today's reading: Exodus 25-28

"Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain." Exodus 25:40 NLT

God had specific plans and purpose for the sacred residence He was allowing Moses and the Israelites to build for Him.

Detailed instructions. He provided them with accurate sizes, specific materials and precise colors. He spoke, I believe, slowly and loudly to Moses as He gave direction for the project.

I think we, okay maybe it's just me, tend to forget His plans.

We, I, see a need, a ministry opportunity, a problem we can fix, a broken person, a fence needing mending, and we, I, rush right in with our own blueprints as to how to whip it all back into shape.

We, I, think we know just what God would want us to do, without even consulting Him about it.

We, I, have a penchant for taking over, moving Him aside, laying out our plans over the top of His, and determining a better course of action.

We, I, think we, I, know better--and we, I, don't.

Today as I look over my list of prayer requests, I want to begin presenting them to Him, then focusing on what it is He has to say I need to do about any or all of them. I don't want to rush in. I don't want to take over. I don't want to be the one heading up the team that, even with the best of intentions, gets in the way of His working.

We, I, need His specifically laid out plans.