God is in the Details

Sorry gang, I've been a bad blogger. I'm supposed to make regular posts that are informative, engaging, life changing, remarkable, God glorifying, and so fantastic that you just want to run tell all your friends. That's pretty hard when I'm not posting anything at all....

Last week was a really busy week, and there are a hundred details going through my mind regarding the new Freedom Life service. Please keep this new adventure in your prayers. God is moving mightily and the devil will do anything and everything to keep it off track.

On that note, if you know me, you know I am a detail person. Perhaps that's why I made a relatively good engineer. Details excite me and I don't mind pulling something apart in order to understand the intricacies of design and function. That may at times hinder me from seeing the big picture and moving forward because "analysis paralysis" can be devastating to progress.

Exodus 20-31 gives me hope, however, that God is also in the details. We can fairly quickly grasp the big movements of God through human history; creation, fall, calling, redemption, gospel, coming of Christ, and final glory, but we struggle to understand the significance of how to eat, or not eat, a piece of meat. Why did God institute so many different types of offerings and feasts? Why did the Lord of all the universe specify the type and color of thread to be used in the curtains of the tabernacle (Exo 26), or tell the priests exactly what to wear when they served (Exo 28), or specify the exact smell He wanted in the temple (Exo 30:34)?

There is an old saying, "the devil is in the details," which means small things in plans and schemes that are often overlooked can cause serious problems later on. The little things can bite you. In these chapters of Exodus it seems, however, that God is in the details of how He wants His people to live, dress, act, eat, spend money, pray, worship, and etc. Apparently these details are very important to God.

I do not believe God has changed. God is in the details of our lives too. He may not specify to us the clothes we are to wear, but He certainly cares that we have clothes (Matt 6:28-30). He may not specify to us the meat we are to eat, but God cares that it does not cause us to sin or harm the conscience of others (1 Cor. 8). He may not tell us how the church is supposed to smell on Sunday mornings, but He cares greatly that our lives are to God the fragrance of Christ (2 Cor 2:15).

Yes, God is still in the details of our lives. What details is God working on in your life? Whatever it is, please know and be thankful that it is important to God. Nothing about you is trivial to Him. He loves all of you.