“Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards.
In the center of the camp, when it was at rest, and in the center of the camp, when it was on the move, was to be Tabernacle. The obvious lesson here is that God was to be at the center of all that the Nation did. This arrangement, both at rest and on the move, was to be a picture of what God was trying to tell the nation. It should not be lost that the "pictures" of the Old Testament are important for us as we learn about God and who He is. God's revelation to us is quite plain in regard to the words that He speaks. But, so, too, are the pictures, if we are willing to look for them. God is to be our center. In the New Testament, Jesus is to be Lord of all. The message is clear for us ... nothing else is to get that type of attention or honor. We do the same today for people of honor. We put them at the "head" table. We give them the biggest "box" at sporting events. We all them to sit on "stage." That picture is not lost on us. Yet, we seem to close our eyes when we have something beside God through Christ at the center of our lives. We put family, occupations and endeavors before HIM and we should not. Let God rule both in spirit and in the way we arrange our lives. This is the biggest struggle we have. Taking ego off the throne and putting it Him on and leaving Him on the throne.
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