It is a rainy Monday morning, tropical storm Lee is pushing through the southeast. I open Bible and journal along with a cup of coffee and blueberry muffin. The Scriptures become familiar because I have walked here, entered here before. In 2009 God took me on a tabernacle walk with the children of Israel. Now I have wandered through the desert and come back to the tabernacle.
God is the center - the center of the Israelite camp, the center of the tabernacle, the center of life. God directs in such a way, leading, feeding, being with His people, that my focus is to be consumed by His Presence. The cross of Christ and His resurrection become the center of my life.
“The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you.” Exodus 34:10b
God wanted the nations to see, through the children of Israel, that He is awesome. God was to so fill them they reflected His glory to the nations. I think back to a recent blog post from Jennifer. She writes, “I untangle the line from the tip of the rod, and I look deeper into the obsidian mirror. Past me, I see it. Heaven: That which is bigger than me. Kingdom of God: That which lives in me.” Then later a conversation with a dear friend about reflections as she shared photos from a recent trip she and her husband took. 
I ponder the children of Israel in the desert with God living among them, His laws written on stone. What does this mean for me Father? Teach me to look deeper, to see that which is bigger than me. Your Kingdom living in me. For Your grace has been written on my heart with the ink of Jesus blood shed for my sin. God consume my life in such a way I reflect Your glory. Do I reflect Your image and work in my life so that others see that You are awesome?
“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
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