Exodus 40 -- The Work Gets Finished!

After all the preparation and hard work, it was time to put the Tabernacle together.  It was done on the first day of the second year since they’d left Egypt.  When it came time to put it all together, Moses handled the construction – bases and frames, then crossbars and posts, cloth then sheepskins then leather.  Moses placed the stone tablets into the Ark, slipped the carrying poles inside the rings, then put the lid on.  He wasn’t injured for touching the Ark as others would later be.  He set the furniture up inside exactly as directed.  He placed the incense altar in its spot then burned incense.  He offered a whole burnt offering on the main altar and set up the washing bowl.  Finally, he set up the courtyard around the Holy Tent.  “So Moses FINISHED the work.” 

He must have been both exhausted and elated.  Was God pleased?  “Then the cloud covered the Meeting Tent and the glory of the Lord filled the Holy Tent.  Moses could not enter the Meeting Tent, because the cloud had settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the Holy Tent.”

How thrilled Moses must have been to finish the work and see God pleased with the results!

Father, that’s what I want – to be pleased with the results of my work and to see You pleased with it also.  I’ve been praying for closure on several things.  Please bring us to that point.  Let us see progress and not a feeling of being stymied.  Bless us with Your presence and allow us to give You all the glory once the work is done.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford