Daily Devotional

As I was working on our Easter Walkthrough I realized increasingly that I needed to be more exact. Sometimes I would think I was being clear with descriptions or instructions, because I’ve done it so many times before. Do you know that we started offering the Easter Walkthrough in 2011!?!  I would forget that first time helpers needed clearer understanding.

We do have a general list of what is needed and what we should get done each year but; because it changes somewhat each year, the list can require changes as well. And as I continued through the process and things got busier as the deadline for having it ready was coming closer and my brain got fuller and fuller with all the details, I realized having detailed instructions written down was so very important. I kept going over my lists each day, checking things off, adding to them, etc.

As I’m reading in Numbers I’m struck by how the Lord doesn’t do estimates. He doesn’t say they "kind of" set up or there were "about" this many people. He is exact. He tells Moses and Aaron exactly how to set up camp, how many people were in each part, what their exact duties were and how to do them.
 
I wonder how many times Aaron and Moses had to look back at the instructions to make sure they were getting them right. The fact that it is written down makes me think that they looked at them a lot, as well as the others following them.
 
In times past, as I have read through these instructions in Numbers, I have to say I have thought they were a little mundane and wondered why God had them there. But this time they had a personal message for me and they came alive with importance! Nothing of God's Word is there by mistake and God’s examples are so good!!

Thy Word  
Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith

Chorus 1
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path

Verse 1
When I feel afraid
And I think I've lost my way
Still You're there right beside me
Nothing will I fear
As long as You are near
Please be near me to the end

Verse 2
I will not forget
Your love for me and yet
My heart forever is wandering
Jesus be my guide
And hold me to Your side
I will love You to the end


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