Our Philosophy of Raising Support In
Exodus 25, the Lord called Moses to meet Him on the mountain top where
He then revealed His plan for Moses to build His tabernacle. Over the
next forty days, the Lord explained the various artifacts needed for the
tent of meeting. Ten chapters later, Moses descended from the
mountain, gathered the people of Israel, and conveyed to the them the
Lord's instructions. The Bible says, "This is the thing which the Lord
has commanded, saying, 'Take from among you a contribution to the Lord;
whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the Lord's
contribution; gold, silver, and bronze, blue, purple, and scarlet
material, fine linen, goats' hair, and rams' skin dyed in red, and
porpoise skins, and acacia wood, and oil for lighting, and spices for
the anointing oil" (Exod. 35:4-8).
As
the story goes Moses dismissed the people, they went to their homes,
and then "Everyone whose heart stirred him, and everyone whose spirit
moved him came and brought the Lord's contribution for the work of the
tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments"
(Exod. 35:21).
Obviously,
Moses did not have the personal resources to build the tabernacle and
fulfill the Lord's command. Ambassadors for Truth identifies with Moses
in that we personally do not have the financial means to carry out the
work which the Lord has commanded us to do in Nepal. The glorious truth
revealed in the passage before us is that the Spirit of the living God
stirred the hearts of His people to give what was needed to build what
He commanded. This biblical truth undergirds the approach we incorporate
to raise our financial support. We are praying earnestly for the Spirit
of God to stir the hearts of His people to give a freewill offering to
the Lord. In this respect, the Lord assumes the financial burden. The
responsibility of Ambassadors for Truth is to communicate what God is
doing in the Himalayas and convey the work He has called us to.
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