Read through the Bible in 2 years: Psalm 109; Exodus 40

“On the first day of the first month
you shall erect the tabernacle
of the tent of meeting.”

Exodus 40:2 ESV

One year earlier, God had established a new calendar for the Israelites, establishing the month of their Exodus to mark the first month of every year. Every year as they shout HAPPY NEW YEAR, they will remember when God delivered them out of their slavery in Egypt.

One year later, on the first day of the first month, the Israelites are now commanded to erect the tabernacle.

Coincidence? Not at all. God is a God of intentional timing. God has a plan and purpose in His foreordained timing. He is a “that very day” God. You can trust Him in the waiting.

Heavenly Father, Today as my baby boy graduates from high school, and I hang up my homeschooling mama hat, I thank you for every day that I had to train up my children in the way that they should go. I lift up all the mamas with empty nests they’re aching to fill, I lift up all the mamas who are in the thick of their mothering journeys and desperately need Your strength, and I lift up all the mamas whose children have already flown the coop. Show us, Lord, that Your timing is always right, and that You are never late. Help us to trust that You are always right on time. Always. We are the ones whose timing is wrong. Not You. Please grow our faith as we wait upon You. We want to follow Your lead. Help us to rejoice with hope, to be patient in affliction, and to be faithful in prayer, believing that we will rise up with wings like eagles, running without growing weary and walking without growing faint, as we wait for You to take the lead. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen