He Chose the Wood

"Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering...These are the offerings you are to receive from them: gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen…acacia wood…” ~ Exodus 25:2-5

I was recently doing a study on the details with which God designed His Tabernacle, Ark, etc. and I realized I didn’t understand the point of the wood.  I understand His choosing of the precious metals, beautiful yarn, and fine linens, but not the wood.  What was the significance of His choosing acacia wood for making His Holy things? 

When I began looking into it, I discovered that acacia wood is beautiful, light-weight, and practically indestructible.  In realizing this, I began to consider how God has created each of us.  To God, we are beautiful and perfect for every calling He has placed upon each one of us.  Just like in choosing this wood, our purpose may not be obvious to the world, but God knew exactly how He was going to design us and the work for which He would call us.  Without Christ, we are not like this wood at all, but when Christ is in us, we reveal His glory and are able to lean upon His indestructible strength.

No matter where you are today, God will meet you how and where you are.  Your walk is not about being “Super-Christian” and conquering the mysteries of the Bible in a single bound.  Instead, your walk is constant, continuous, tailored to fit the way God designed you.  Just like God first designed this amazing wood and then chose it for His Holy things, He’s done that with you.  He’s designed you just the way He wants and needs you to be—beautiful and amazing in His sight—and then called you for His Holy things.

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. ~ 2 Corinthians 3:18