I’m having my quiet time this morning and reading Exodus 28, when near the end I read this:
It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its tinkling shall be heard when he enters and leaves the holy place before the LORD, so that he will not die.
OK, my first thought was, “heh, God said tinkling”. Shouldn’t He use a more manly, awesome word than tinkling? But then, when you’re talking about bells the size of a dime, I guess they would make a tinkling sound.
This just to say God is true and accurate. If the bells make a tinkling sound, that is the word God will use. If they make a gong sound, then that is what He will use. We have to keep our thoughts and impressions of what the bible “should” say out of our study/quiet time. We have to read His word and let it tell us what it says. We have to use exegesis to truly understand what God is saying to us.
So, remember God is bigger than any box you or I want to put Him in. He can use the word tinkling to describe little bell sounds. He can take care of us in ways we can’t even imagine. He loves each one of us individually. How awesome is that? The creator of EVERYTHING loves you and me, not only collectively, but individually.
And since it is running through my head right now:
God is bigger than the boogyman, and He’s watching out for you and me.