7Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it at a distance outside the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting, and anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. 8Then, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent. 9As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses. 10When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
11Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
“When the Holy Spirit of God begins to deal with any one of us, there will be this separation. It will not be paraded, it will not be the Pharisees’ ‘I am holier than thou’ attitude. No, once a man begins to be burdened for the glory of God and the state of the Church, he immediately feels the call to consecration, he ‘goes out’ as it were.” (Lloyd-Jones)
This was the early church as it were, worship and giving thanks be to God. It’s basically no different than how church is celebrated today, we stand and worship for the reading of scripture when our pastor or preacher is on stage or when the worship team is singing hymns to the Lord.
In our troubled times with the Chinese Coronavirus engulfing the world we can still participate in church by watching online, streaming on the computer or watching it on television while we are sheltered in our homes.
Please pray for the pandemic to end quickly, for those stricken, for our first responders, doctors and nurses, our president and his staff and our economy to start up soon. Pray we don’t have a great depression.
Pray, pray and pray some more!
Blessings, David
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