Joshua 14:1-15:63; Isaiah 10:5-34; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12
The people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work. Exodus 36:6-7
In 1935, Italy’s leader appealed to their married women to exchange their gold wedding rings for steel rings. Some 3,000 tons of gold were melted and deposited in Italian banks to be used for the nation. Moses appealed to the children of Israel to give willingly of their substance so that the tabernacle could be fabricated in the wilderness. Such was the level of giving, that donations had to be halted. “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 9:7 NKJV). Do we give cheerfully? Have we given our time, our talents, and our treasures to Him? —Brian Powlesland
Lord of all being, I give you my all;
If e’er I disown You I stumble and fall;
But, sworn in glad service Your Word to obey,
I walk in Your freedom to the end of the way. —Jack C. Winslow