Enough Is Enough

Exodus 36:3-7 tells us about the Israelite's contributions to building the Tabernacle:

  “They received from Moses all the contributions which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning.”

 As the workmen began the task they ran into an unusual problem:

  "The people are bringing much more than enough for the construction work which the LORD commanded us to perform." 

 It wasn’t a lack of supplies, it was a surplus.  And the people kept bringing more, so much that Moses had to tell them to stop:

  "Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more.

 They had all they needed and more.  Sounds like a good problem to have.

  I think we need to learn a lesson here about when God’s people are inspired to a great work. Often, we kill an effort before it can even begin will a pessimistic defeatist attitude. We work from an outlook of scarcity rather than abundance. God will provide just what we need and we need to work with that mindset. Let’s be a people that will always do more than enough.