Exodus 25:2: “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering (terumah): of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering (terumah).”
The word TERUMAH is used for the first time in the Bible in Exodus 25:2 and is also called heave offering or shoulder offering and has to do with the shoulder of man (Lev. 7&10). The shoulder has to do with responsibilities or carrying responsibilities. You cannot be a dwelling place for God if you do not take up the responsibility to live a lifestyle which enables God to live in you and with you as Yeshua said: “And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, (shoulder the responsibility to bring a sacrifice) is not worthy of me.” (Matthew 10:38) You cannot be a dwelling place for God if you do not give. Giving financially is an outward sign of an inward willingness to lay down your life for His life.
APPLICATION: We cannot build a dwelling place for God if we are not willing to give an offering. Make it a responsibility to give material things but also love, time, energy, kindness, patience, forgiveness.
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