The tabernacle was made from materials that the people of Israel offered over to God. The text emphasises a number of times that the materials were a free will offering: “Everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting” (35:21). God’s plan for the building was set and exact. That is clear from the text. There was no room to compromise if insufficient materials came in from the offerings. As it happened, there was enough of everything, in the end, to complete the task. There were also enough of each kind of skilled worker to complete the various tasks. God knew the resources that people had but he also knew the willingness of the people to give. God is building his kingdom in the world today and it is growing all over the world at a rapid rate. I hear stories all the time of people making great sacrifices for God’s kingdom. His exact plan is being worked out; nothing is being compromised. But it all takes place through the free will offerings of God’s people; the offerings of resources but also, most importantly, the offering of themselves for the work of the Kingdom. You have the opportunity to invest in building God’s kingdom. When you invest yourself and your resources in God’s kingdom then you become a part of what God is doing in the world. There is nothing greater happening today than what God is doing in the world. There is nothing more exciting, nothing more certain and nothing more enduring. Become a builder.
Bring to God what you have – your resources and skills – and become a kingdom builder together with millions of others today.
Read Exodus 35 and 36
