Daily Devotional from Exodus 33--Verse 13Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight. Consider too that this nation is your people.Moses was having one-on-one conversation with God, just as a man speaks to his friend.This special privilege was granted to Moses, and it’s the same privilege we, as God’s ch...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 32--Verse 14Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.For many of us, the idea of an angry and fuming God is all we can imagine. God is angry at sin. Sinners are to stand before a righteous God and be judged for their evildoing. God’s judgment will come to the unrighteous. All of this is true. But what we see here, is that th...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 31—Verses 2-3See, I have called by name Bezalel…and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship…I get excited when I think about God designing us so intentionally and specifically! I notice an order of events in this passage: first, God called Bezalel by name. Then, he filled him with the Spirit of God. ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 30—Verse 31And you shall say to the people of Israel, “This shall be my holy anointing oil throughout your generations.”Ever wondered the origins of anointing oil? Here it is! And even the recipe to use. I, like others, had wondered why we anoint with oil, and this is a good place to start. The significance of this is so much deeper though.In this passage, we see God c...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 29--Verses 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.God has established the priesthood here for the Levites. He does this so that there will be a set apart people to usher the Israelites into the presence of God. Today this priesthood is expanded to all believers by the sacrifice of Jesus an...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 28-- And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. - Exodus 28:2When they go into the tent of meeting…they shall wash with water, so that they may not die. - Exodus 30:20Have you been tent camping for a few days, exposed to dust and dirt and campfire smoke, or worked in the yard during the hot summer months? Don’t you just love gett...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 27--Verse 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It shall have four pillars and with them four bases.In this chapter, we see very specific instructions for the bronze altar, outer court, and oil for the lamp of the Tabernacle. It may seem tedious to...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 26--Verse 30Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.When Moses took a break away from the people and went up to the mountain to spend one-on-one time with God, God gave him a picture – a vision – of the tabernacle project that he would oversee. Moses wasn’t given any details at the time though, just a vision....  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 25--Verses 26-27And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and fasten the rings to the four corners at its four legs. Close to the frame the rings shall lie, as holders for the poles to carry the table.See how detail-oriented God is! It's like IKEA took their cues from Him...'just print instructions and let them build it'. Consider the Table for Bread. ‘Put rings at...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 24–Verse 12The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and wait there…”Moses was about to have the encounter of a lifetime. But before this was to happen, he was simply told to come and wait. But, knowing Moses, he was probably fairly accustomed to this kind of thing with no big encounters to speak of. Lately, I feel the Lord’s been waking me up very early i...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 23--Verse 10Six days you shall do your work, but on the seventh day you shall rest.Some songs have no rhythm. Everything just bleeds together. Non-stop work has no rhythm. Fitting everything in your schedule has no rhythm. Saying yes to every opportunity has no rhythm. But a cadence of creation was set in place back in Genesis 1-2. And in order to move to the music you...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Exodus 22—This chapter addresses many aspects of right behavior and reflects what Jesus says:“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Matthew 22:37-39  If we are loving our neighbors, we w...  Read More