Exodus 36:1-7

36 “Now Bezalel and Oholiab, and every [a]skillful person in whom the Lord has put [b]skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work [c]in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with all that the Lord has commanded.”

Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every [d]skillful person in [e]whom the Lordhad put [f]skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. They received from Moses all the [g]contributions which the sons of Israel had brought [h]to perform the work [i]in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. And all the [j]skillful men who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from [k]the work which [l]he was performing, and they said to [m]Moses, “The people are bringing much more than enough for the [n]construction work which the Lord commanded us to [o]perform.” So Moses issued a command, and a[p]proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, “Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the [q]contributions of the sanctuary.” Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more. For the [r]material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it.

First off, it is impressive to see the freewill offerings here. The people did not stop at just one offering, they kept bringing offerings EVERY DAY. Wow. When God told Moses to ask for freewill offerings, He knew what he was doing.

Then, a couple verses later, we see how much God provided. Gifts every day wouldn’t be such a big deal if they were not enough. Instead, we see the amount God provided (through His people) was “much more than enough.” When God asks you to do something, He isn’t going to just get you halfway there. He’ll be faithful to complete it (seems like there’s a song about that…).

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