Sincerely, God

Red Bird Mission, Kentucky

Exodus 37

There is an idea in art called the “sincerity of materials”.   This means that the materials the artists use to make art should reflect their belief in the value of the idea they want to convey. 

There’s “pure gold” in today’s reading.  Pure gold everywhere, Ark, Mercy Seat, candlesticks and vessels.  I don’t have anything made of pure gold.  I do have something better than pure gold, my relationship with God, my salvation, my wife, four children, my daughter in law and my three grandchildren.  These are all more valuable than pure gold to me.  That is the truth of this chapter.  The pure gold was a metaphor for the valuableness of God to us and of our relationship to Him.  It would the embodiment of “Sincerity of Materials.”