Category: Devotionals

These are devotional readings, composed by Grace at Wellington to aid in your reading of scripture and the application of it into your lives.

  • Judges 2:1-5: Repentance, Not Weeping

    In the first chapter of Judges, we have seen sin and disobedience in Israel’s life. Despite God’s command to drive out the pagan nations of Canaan, the Israelites tolerated their idolatry and immorality in their midst. In the first five verses of chapter 2, God announces judgement on Israel and warns them what will happen…

  • Judges 1:22-36 – Tolerance for Sin

    While in the south of Israel the military campaigns were largely successful, because they followed God’s leadership, the north of Israel was not as successful. The ultimate failures in the North laid the seeds for much of the later oppression experienced by Israel recorded in Judges, because of a tolerance for sin and disobedience. The…

  • Judges 1:1-21: Trusting in Divine Leadership

    The Book of Judges chronicles the leadership of Israel after Joshua’s death, showing how when they sought to rule themselves, they descended into immorality, chaos, and judgement. True leadership comes from trusting in God’s Divine Leadership, and following those whom God appoints to shepherd his people.

  • Exodus 40: When God’s Glory Arrived

    One year to the day after God led the Israelites out of Egypt, God instructed Moses to “erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting” (vv.1-2). God’s miraculous rescue of Israel was so important that the date became the start of their new year, and on the first anniversary they were to erect God’s dwelling-place…

  • Exodus 39:32-43: Quality Assurance

    If quality assurance is something that’s essential for a mere road, then it should not surprise us that the dwelling-place of God with his people would be subject to strict quality assurance as well. Moses, as God’s mediator, checks that all the aspects of the tabernacle have been completed as instructed before giving it his…

  • Exodus 39:1-31: A Forgiving Outfit

    Holy Place? By a Forgiving Outfit. An outfit which demonstrated the forgiveness he received, the forgiveness he sought on behalf of his people, and the forgiveness they and we receive because of the Best High Priest, Jesus.

  • Exodus 38: Landscape Design

    The outside of God’s House was also carefully landscaped to reveal what is important to God and teach Israel what they needed to know about living in his midst. In chapter 38, Exodus records the construction of the outside court of the Tabernacle. All of the elements emphasise the need for cleansing and forgiveness to…

  • Exodus 37:1-29: Furnishing God’s House

    In the previous chapter, we saw how the Israelites began constructing the tabernacle which was God’s dwelling-place with them on earth, pointing to the greater fulfilment in Christ. In this chapter, the Israelite craftsmen are busy building the furnishings for God’s tent, which communicates the welcome that God gives to all who seek his presence.

  • Exodus 36/John 1:14-18: The Better Temple

    We remember that Jesus is the better temple. Where the tabernacle was layers of beautiful fabric, and the temples were made of timber and stone, the better temple was made of beautiful flesh and blood. In that temple, Jesus our Immanuel was God pleased to dwell with his people.

  • Exodus 36:8-38: Under Construction

    In Exodus 36:8-38 we see a rather more successful building project get underway. The Israelites built the Tabernacle where God would dwell with them. But this tent looked forward to something greater- the tabernacling of God with us in Jesus, so that God could build the church through the Holy Spirit, the dwelling place of…