Devotion:
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Read Numbers 3:21-32.
These two groups were given specific parts and components of the tabernacle for which they would be responsible. It is important to remember that the tabernacle and its contents comprised a portable center of worship for the Children of Israel. Within the tabernacle’s most holy and inner space was the place where God would come and reside during Israel’s worship. The work of these groups represented two perspectives. One was the great honor to be responsible for caring for God’s house. The other perspective was more mundane…it was hard and tiring work to dismantle the tabernacle, cover and protect the components, carry them as the Israelites traveled, and then set everything back up at the new location. That hard work was done for the people and for God.
There are people who care for our worship spaces today. Some clean, others move equipment and furnishings, some file music, another prepares the elements for Communion, and so on. The work can be tiring and mundane, but these people do it for the rest of us who worship in the spaces; and they do it for God, who is always present, not only in our worship, but also in their work and service.
Personal Worship Option:
Give thanks today for those among us who serve and work behind the scenes to make our worship possible and comfortable. When you see them at work, express your appreciation. Let them inspire you to find the tasks you can do and then do your best.
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