Take a moment to read the entire chapter of Exodus 40 before reading the devotional below.
You did it! If you have read Freedom For Today daily, you have worked your way through a major book of the Old Testament. Now is a great moment to invite your friends to join us as we begin a new series tomorrow! Sharing on social media is a great way to spread the word, but your friends may read the Bible more consistently if you invite them to read with you through conversation. I hope that these devotionals can be a resource that helps people partner together through the Bible.
To finish out the book of Exodus, God moves into the Tabernacle. It’s been a year since they left Egypt, and to celebrate the first day of the first month of their second year God shows up in a big way. The cloud of his presence comes to inhabit the Tabernacle. Throughout their journey they will bring God’s tent along with them and he will continue to camp among them.
Here’s your freedom for today: the presence of God never leaves you. No matter where you go in life, no matter how many different seasons and paths you walk through, God’s presence will go with you. But just as God’s people had to do some work to carry God’s Tabernacle and establish it in each new camping spot, we have to keep making room for God in our lives. When we take God for granted, we forget about his presence. He is still there, but we ignore him. What can you do today to remain aware of God’s presence? In what ways have you seen him go with you this year?