Doing it Right

[374 words] From the book of Exodus comes a great example of doing things right. In chapters 25-29, God gives Moses instructions concerning how the tabernacle is to be built. Many specific directions are given, and God emphasized the importance of following them exactly: “According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.” (Exod. 25:9; see also v.40). Moses and the Israelites had their orders from God. How did they do? Upon completion of the tabernacle, Exod. 39:32 states, “Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was finished. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did.” They did it exactly as God desired, and they were commended for it (Exod. 39:42). They did it right. There is…