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Num. 10
One thing is obvious to me in all that God established with the Israelites. He is a God of order. Another thing that amazes me about all of this is the size and scope of it. When the Israelites set out, the sons of Gershon and Merari set out with the tabernacle in the middle, after the first six tribes. The third group of Levites, the Kohathites, left with the holy objects after the next three camps. And in the time it took for those next three camps to arrive at the new destination, the first groups of Levites had the tabernacle set up and ready for the holy things. I’m sure the tabernacle set up fairly quickly, because God is the ultimate engineer, but still – these camps were BIG. I can’t even imagine what it must have looked like to see an entire nation traveling through the wilderness. Amazing.
Ps. 46-47
“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God” (Ps. 46:4a). That sounds like the river of life mentioned in Ezekiel 47 and Revelation 22. It runs through the middle of the New Jerusalem, the true city of God. And not only is the city made glad by this river of life, but also, “God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved” (Ps. 46:5a). What beautiful promises of God’s eternal presence with us!
SoS. 8
Have I mentioned that I really don’t get this poem? This chapter completely lost me. It reads like a group of unrelated snippets that make little sense individually or collectively. It just reminds me that, no matter how many times I read through the Bible, I still need more of God’s wisdom.