Details

Exodus 25:31-33 "And you shall make a lamp stand of pure gold. The lamp stand shall be of hammered work, its shafts, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs and flowers shall be of one piece. Three bowls shall be made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower - and so for the six branches that come out of the lamp stand."

Exodus 28:31,33-34"You shall make the robe of ephod all of blue. And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem all around."

The God of the Bible is interested in details. How can knowing this help when facing the diagnosis of cancer? Does having cancer fit into God's plan? Recently I had read God's instructions for making the lamp tand and ephod. God called for almond blossoms and not apple, six branches and not four, three bowls and not five. When speaking of the robe, He was just as precise. This robe was to be worn by the high priest entering His temple. In the above passages and throughout the books of Exodus and Leviticus, God revealed Himself as a being who is not haphazard. Why did He want alternating pomegranates and bells? Why so particular? Why such detailed instructions? All  of the natural world is ordered and precise. My world, even when it's been turned upside down is still ordered. Even these details are under His sovereign control. Nothing escapes His loving, watchful eye.

Help us to remember that You are a God of details. You have established Your throne in the heavens, and Your sovereignty rules over all. Thank you!