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Our Greatest Need #11: Our Pattern
2 May, 2021
March 13, 2021
Have you ever thought about the excitement that Moses had when God instructed him to build the sanctuary as a dwelling place for God? What is interesting is that even though he knew who the most skillful individuals were for carrying out the many building tasks that could be carried out by his suggestions, he dare not deviate one tittle in the plans that God had shown him. Every detail was given to Moses including items like a bell, a pomegranate, a tassel, a fringe, a curtain, or any of the vessels of the sanctuary. We are told that God called him to the mount and covered him with His glory, “that he might see the pattern, and according to it all things were made.” When the law was given on Mt. Sinai, God revealed to Israel the pattern by which they themselves were to copy in their own personal temples that the Holy Spirit could dwell in them. Israel chose their own way and did not follow the pattern given by God. When Jesus came, He became the true temple of the Holy Spirit in every detail of His earthly life according to God’s plan. Jesus was the true pattern. Jesus said, “I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart.” Psalm 40:8. Today, Jesus is our pattern to follow that the Holy Spirit may dwell in our temples. However, we choose to live, whatever comes our way, we are to copy the pattern that has been set before us, Jesus. “Whatever our position, we are dependent upon God, who holds all destinies in His hands. He has appointed us our work and has endowed us with faculties and means for that work. So long as we surrender the will to God, and trust in His strength and wisdom, we shall be guided in safe paths, to fulfill our appointed part in His great plan…” The Desire of Ages, 208, 209.
Have you ever thought about the excitement that Moses had when God instructed him to build the sanctuary as a dwelling place for God? What is interesting is that even though he knew who the most skillful individuals were for carrying out the many building tasks that could be carried out by his suggestions, he dare not deviate one tittle in the plans that God had shown him. Every detail was given to Moses including items like a bell, a pomegranate, a tassel, a fringe, a curtain, or any of the vessels of the sanctuary. We are told that God called him to the mount and covered him with His glory, “that he might see the pattern, and according to it all things were made.” When the law was given on Mt. Sinai, God revealed to Israel the pattern by which they themselves were to copy in their own personal temples that the Holy Spirit could dwell in them. Israel chose their own way and did not follow the pattern given by God. When Jesus came, He became the true temple of the Holy Spirit in every detail of His earthly life according to God’s plan. Jesus was the true pattern. Jesus said, “I delight to do Thy will, O My God: yea, Thy law is within My heart.” Psalm 40:8. Today, Jesus is our pattern to follow that the Holy Spirit may dwell in our temples. However, we choose to live, whatever comes our way, we are to copy the pattern that has been set before us, Jesus. “Whatever our position, we are dependent upon God, who holds all destinies in His hands. He has appointed us our work and has endowed us with faculties and means for that work. So long as we surrender the will to God, and trust in His strength and wisdom, we shall be guided in safe paths, to fulfill our appointed part in His great plan…” The Desire of Ages, 208, 209.
