Come—all of you you have skills—come and make everything that God has commanded. — Exodus 35:10, The Message
God is an inviting God. He asks His children to come, always, to come. Come and taste, come and rest, come and make, come.
This is an invitation to be with. I don’t have to do anything to impress. I simply come as I am and give Him my heart, give Him my all.
For isn’t the important part of this relationship. God created me for His workmanship, but that work occurs in conjunction with Him and His Spirit. Unlike the Israelites who waited for a pillar of fire or cloud, God is with me. His Spirit hovers over me, is in me, willing me to act.
God’s promise to Saul in 1 Samuel 10:7 (NASB): It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you.
These kinds of promises are strewn throughout the Bible. Samson who asks for a final feat of strength. Bezalel who works on the temple. David who goes out and returns with his people—alluding, perhaps, to the fact that joining with God doesn’t occur in isolation. It may be a private act, but it’s a public one, too. To join with God is to join with the community, the body of believers. Adam and Eve, too. They walked with God in the cool of the evening. There was no for before the fall. Everything was with. Everything was come.
Come: O taste and see that the Lord is good; / How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! (Psalm 34:8, NASB)
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30, NASB)
Come and make, for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10, NASB)
Come. Join God in what He’s doing, and go to work with Abba-Daddy every day, starting now and into eternity. Come! Come and make.
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