You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give.
This chapter actually begins with God instructing Moses to tell the Israelites to bring [God] an offering.
The word that jumped to me is instruct.
That means to furnish with knowledge; to teach; to train; to educate.
It also means to furnish with information; to inform; to apprise.
The offering that was being taken was not directed ... not forced ... not demanded ... not under compulsion or guilt.
The offering was to come after instruction.
When we understand that the offering in our worship services is about our response to God it is amazing what might happen.
While we prepare for a Kids Against Hunger Event next week, we discovered we had more volunteers than we had funds to purchase supplies. What to do?
Pray, instruct, and ask.
By instructing others discovered they could respond.
End result - an unexpected offering of exactly what we needed!
God is good.
Sometimes we need instruction to be reminded.
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