Seize the Moment – Day 499
Form Follows Function!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, July 29.
Have you ever noticed when something is different than before, it jumps out at you?
In Exodus 27, we learn that there is more than one way to build an altar. Listen to verse 1: “And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.”
This is different than the last time God gave instructions on how to build an altar. Listen to God command Moses in Exodus 20:24-25, right after Moses had received the Ten Commandments:
You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. ‘If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.
Do we make the altar out of acacia wood or out of uncut fieldstone?
Both! For the altar in today’s chapter, its functionality required it to be easily carried around as it was a portable altar. Its function determined its form!
The same is true in our lives! We are now the temple of the Holy Spirit and we, too, are to offer right sacrifices to God upon the altar of our lives. But each of us has been uniquely shaped for God’s glory based upon the function God had in mind for our lives. We are different by design—coming in unique shapes and sizes, all intended by God for good works that bring Him glory!
Seize the moment and discover how God designed you. Find true freedom, peace, and contentment by walking in the good works that God intended for you for His glory.