God (not the Devil) is in the Details
So here I am reading my daily Bible verses for the day, and I'm really needing something to hold on to. Work is crazy right now because my law firm just merged with a bigger law firm, and our official changeover was yesterday. The computers keep crashing, so we can't send emails or work on documents like we need to. The new head office keeps calling with new ways of doing even simple things, like check requests and opening files. But we can't do any of that because our computers are down. Frustration mounts at the office as we all try to go forward with a positive attitude, but keep hearing the same "that's not how we do it over here." So I'm really needing something deep and uplifting to read today. I am tired; I am frustrated; I am having a hard time of letting go of the now former law firm; and I really need a healthy dose of the Spirit.
And then I find myself in Exodus 25-27. God gives instructions on how to construct the Ark of the Covenant . . . and lampstands . . . and tables. . . . And I'm thinking, How in the world am I supposed to find strength, comfort, encouragement in THIS?!?!?
Then it occurs to me: God is interested in the details. Look at how much time He spent giving very specific instructions on how to build these items. Obviously He cared very deeply about what His Holy Tabernacle--the place where He would meet with the priests of His people--looked like. He wanted everything about it to be holy, symbolic, and to point to Him. And if He cares this much about a physical place that He knew would exist only a finite number of days, how much more so does He care about where we will spend eternity with Him. Jesus says in John 14: 2-3, "I am going [to my Father's house] to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with Me so that you also may be where I am."
What's more, if God cares about these intricate details of this Tabernacle, and He cares about me, chances are He cares about the intricate details of my own life. So my frustration at my work situation should be taken to Him. My sadness at seeing some of my co-workers not survive the merger is something He wants to help me through. And just as He cares about the fabric of the curtains of His temple, He also cares about all the little details that go into making up the story of my life. They say the devil is in the details; really? I think this passage shows that the details belong to God.
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