3.117 Whosever Is of a Willing Heart, Let Him Bring It

In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to Him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as Savory Salt.

Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. Choose ye this day whom you will serve.

Welcome to an exciting new week. My friends, it's been so great this last week to have both of my daughters, or I should say two of the four of my daughters, be able to jump into Savory Salt. I love hearing their messages and I love hearing their perspective of the studies.

So if you have missed a couple of episodes this last week, make sure you jump in and hear Hope and Kill share their testimonies of what they're reading inside of Exodus as well. This week we are reading a big chunk. In order to get through the Old Testament in one year, we're going to stay with the pacing of Come Follow Me, which tells us today and this week to read from Exodus 35 through the book of Leviticus.

We're going to eat it in one full deal. Exodus 35 through Leviticus 19. Specifically, for Come Follow Me purposes, it's Exodus 35 through 40 and Leviticus 1 through 16 and 19.

It's going to take me some time to get out of Exodus chapter 35 and 36, 37 — kind of actually, basically through the end of Exodus. The reason for that, I want to kind of set up today and talk to you a little bit about what it's going to look like this week. I love this section here.

I know that most people kind of get into this definition of the Tabernacle and like the details that it gives, and they kind of find it bogging down for them. They're like, 'Why do we need to see all of these details?' And so for me, I actually like it. I'm going to give you a couple of different perspectives on what I see when we read about these details.

Today, though, before we get into those pieces — those are just kind of sneak peeks for the week of where we're headed. Today where I wanted to start was what the Lord did on the front end of this Tabernacle creation when it came to his people. And that comes in Exodus 35, verse 5 for our verse for today.

This is the Lord here, you know, Moses speaking from the Lord, right? But the Lord is commanding the people. He's saying this.

Verse 5, 'Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it: an offering of the Lord, gold and silver and brass,'— comma or dot dot dot, as it continues now for several verses. Always make sure that you complete the sentences, folks. I know that I only share one verse, but always make sure you complete the sentences here.

But what I want to focus on here, I love this part that the Lord invites his people. He commands them. He used the word command in verse 4, okay?

But did you catch the part in five that's so important for all of us? 'Whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it.' My friends, this can go into even news that breaks today as the church goes through different legal battles and different lawsuits from members and past members and tithing monies and my money should this and that and all these pieces here. The Lord stays the same yesterday, today, and forever in this context. And that is this: He's not asking for brainless followers.

He's not asking for robotic commandment keeping. He is seeking for those of a willing heart. And he is inviting those who are willing to bring it.

Now, what is it? There's a list, and that list changes. Our list is different than their list, right?

They're bringing blues and purples and scarlet linens and goat hairs and all these, all right? They're bringing these for the Tabernacle. And what we asked to www moundstart.

All of these are in terms of what the Lord asks us to do. I love that frame and I'm going to start the week off with that one because we're going to look inside of the next few chapters here, what the willingness looked like for the children of Israel, as they heeded the call from Moses here. 'Those of a willing heart, let him bring it.' My friends, may you and I bring it through willingness is my hope as we go through the. That's all for today, my friends.

You and I have come here for such a time as this. Step forward in faith and let's be Savory Salt. We will be here tomorrow and we hope you are too.