“Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard” (Exodus 38:31 NLT).
I work in a lumberyard. I enjoy reading magazines that feature finely decorated homes. I like finding out what pitch the roofs are, the type of siding used, the style of shingles selected and what architectural features set it apart from others. What carpenters choose to use in their projects interests me, so chapters 37-40 of Exodus, accounting the specifics of the Temple, always catch my attention.
That being said, it still surprises me that they’d mention the tent pegs. The nails of that day are given an entire verse in the middle of the chapter.
Nails. Nails? Such small things? Things that aren’t necessarily seen? Items used in contruction, but items that garner very little attention—yet God chose to mention them.
This kind of reassures me, actually—finding out the little things of life, the behind the scene occurrences, the unspoken of acts, are just as important to God as the hugely spectacular presentations, sermons and concerts.
Nails. Ever thought of them with such importance?
Malinda Edgell
Illinois
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray today for Executive Committee member Jan Clay in her roles as pastor’s wife and worship leader.
