- The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side. Numbers 2:2 – This whole chapter was giving them the layout on the order of where they were to set up their tents. Seems kind of a minor thing to dedicate an entire chapter of the Bible to, but notice the key aspect to how they should set up their tents. All the tribes were to set their tents up surrounding and facing towards the tent of meeting. When they settled, God was to be in the middle of them all and all were to be facing towards Him. Not only would that keep their focus on God but keep all the tribes focus in the same direction together. So how about your tent? What’s it surrounding and what’s it facing towards? If not God, let’s set up camp where we need to instead. Where God is at the center and all our focus is directed at Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac- Daily DEVO 1418
- Numbers 2 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers’ house. Numbers 2:34 – Lots of names and lots of numbers in this passage. Often chapters like this where such an historical account is given makes it difficult for us to apply to our life, but look at the image being given around all the numbers and names. A massive part of the chapter was God giving directions on how the different tribes were to camp when not moving. Some on the north side, some on the south, some on the west, and some on the east side. But the north side of what? What were they to be south of or east of? The tent of meeting. The place where the offerings were to be given and worship of the Lord took place. The tent of meeting the was to be at the center of all the tribes and they were to camp facing the tent. God was teaching them that whenever you settle down, make sure I’m at the center and your eyes are on me. And when you move, you get up and move how I tell you to move. How then are you camped? Are you keeping God at the center of everything you do? Are you keeping your eyes upon His dwelling place? Are you moving only when and only how He says to move? If we are to be numbered among His people today as a follower of Jesus, Jesus must be at the center of everything we do and we must move only as Jesus leads. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2283
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