Fasting Day 33 of 40 | Sixth Friday of Lent
“Make twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle and make forty silver bases to go under them—two bases for each frame, one under each projection. For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, make twenty frames and forty silver bases—two under each frame.” Exodus 26:18-21
The tabernacle had forty silver bases on a side. These bases gave structure to the mobile tent which housed the presence of God as His people wandered through the wilderness.
Walter Brueggemann notes. “The tabernacle is a ‘portable temple,’ which is appropriate for a displaced people in transition… the proposed tabernacle guarantees a combination of presence and mobility.”
Walter Brueggemann in The New Interpreter’s Bible, Volume 1 (Nashville: Abingdon, 1994), p. 884.
Some people reading this might be in some sort of transition. Others might remember one well. Regardless, you can imagine the feeling of displacement. Or in plain terms, you have no place.
Today’s post proclaims good news to such folks. As God was with them in the tabernacle, since our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit, God is with us in times of transition though sometimes we may feel lost.
On our Lenten journey three disciplines – giving, prayer, and fasting – have taught us to share, surrender, and sacrifice. Today we anticipate the transition to life after Lent we can do so with joy knowing that the risen Christ is with us and will help us live differently one day at a time.
God, help me transition to life after Lent as a transformed person. Amen.
Journal on this: How do you want to live differently in life after Lent?
Tell a person close to you what you write. Ask them to hold you accountable.