Set up the tabernacle according to the plan shown you on the mountain. Exodus 26:30
God has a plan. A big plan for all people, a plan for a church, and a plan for you—important plans, as the plan given Moses, to, “Set up the tabernacle according to the plan.” The prophet Amos revealed that “the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7). To hear the plan, as Moses did, requires going to the “mountain top” with spiritual ears attentive.
Moses was born a Hebrew, he lived as a politically powerful Egyptian, he became a fugitive for murder, he was a simple man, a sheepherder; and Moses was God’s holy servant and leader of God’s people. Moses represented many different kinds of people. But, there is only one kind of person God will speak to about his plans. So, what kind of person was Moses? “Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth” (Numbers 12:3). And, only a humble person is willing to overcome the fear to repeatedly go alone onto a mountain, into the gap, into the presence of their sovereign Master to seek God’s glory and to attentively listen to the Word and plans given.
God has a plan. As with Moses, humility is the threshold to the mountain top; Jesus said it like this, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat — I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how” (Luke 9:23 The Message). So, is there a mountain to go to? Yes, the journey to the summit is being like Jesus (Matthew 11:29, Philippians 2:8)—a humble servant—because, “the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants.”
God uses those who are humble servants, living a life as God would expect. The Lord gives plans with clarity, a servant hears with assurance, and when God’s plan is shared, it will be listened to by other servants.
Ears are attentive to one with His plan,
READ: James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:6, Matthew 11:29, Philippians 2:8
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