As mundane as the first two chapters of numbers might seem, they actually demonstrate something very important and applicable that is easy to miss. When the Israelites sinned against God with the golden calf at the foot of mount Sinai, God threatened not to go with his people on their journey to Canaan. In response, Moses pleaded: “If your Presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here” (Exodus 33:15). That God was indeed going to remain with them is graphically portrayed in these instructions for the arrangement of the Israelite camp. They were to encamp around the tabernacle with the tabernacle in the centre. The message was simple: if they arranged their lives around God then he would remain in their midst. The same applies to us. God paid for our guilt in Jesus Christ so that his Holy Spirit could dwell in our hearts. But this will only be effectual if we proceed to arrange our lives around God with him at the centre. The more central God becomes in your life the more you will experience his presence and his blessings. So, don’t order your life around work, achievements, lifestyle or any other such things. Order your life around the worship of God and blessing will flow within you and from you in wonderful abundance.
Reflect on how you can make God more central in your life.
Read Numbers 1 and 2
