Day 51: Deliver God’s ”Ask” and Discover God’s Stirring on Your Heart

Today we read Exodus 37-38, Leviticus 26, and Psalm 83. It’s a story about developing our followership and responding well to being voluntold by a God we love what we need to do and at the same time also developing our leadership and volunteering muscles to respond to our hearts stirring to give our physical resources, our talent, and expertise to God’s Kingdom purposes. There is a charitable adventure that awaits, but at the same time, there is a required first-mile sacrifice. Delivery and discovery are both parts of the transformation process and being a blessing, putting God on display and participating in creation care. This story is teaching us of the importance of delivering the required first mile (ref: Simone of Cyrene in Matthew, Mark, and Luke) - give God the required sacrifice in the way He is calling for the steps towards restoration for the purpose of Him dwelling with us. Second, the story is teaching us about what Jesus also talks about on the Sermon on the Mount, the second mile, seeing a need, listening for it, and giving our valuable resources and talents to and for God's purposes.  

Resources:

Father Mike Schmitz and Jeff Cavins, Bible in a Year, Ascension Press. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bible-in-a-year-with-fr-mike-schmitz/id1539568321  

Credits:

Podcast music by Stockaudios from Pixabay. Speaker, Dr. Rachel Bodell. Podcast Sound Engineer, Alan Darling. Podcast Artwork, Will Gerard.