Order of the March

Num 2:3-17         10/11/2017

The Israelites were arranged in a specific order around the tabernacle according to their tribes.

The arrangement wasn’t arbitrary; it was symbolic and practical.

The ordering of the calendar around feast days. The ordering of the day around the prayers and sacrifices. The geometric ordering of the camp with the tabernacle in the center. Everything was ordered around the presence of God in the lives of His people.  This was a part of their power and identity.

These days, our lives are neither as pedestrian nor as stable as the Israelites. There is no camp.  There is no city center with a church court in the middle. We race from one thing to another in our cars. We race even farther and faster on the internet.

The technology isn’t bad. But the stability and regularity that was once integrated into human experience, now requires us to make an effort.

So what if you slowed down just a bit? What if you chose to reorder you day?  What might change?

Think about your perfect day. If things were entirely in your power, what would you include and what would you exclude? Morning meditation? Community meal? Mass? Office of Hours? Family prayer? Pilgrimage?

You’re doing life.  What do you want to do differently?

How might you live?