"The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, 'The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.'"--Numbers 2:1-2 (ESV)
I went camping with a group of about 20 people for a weekend this past summer. (Not quite the 603,550, plus women and children, who were among the people of Israel!) We pitched our tents around different parts of the campsite, but we had one thing in common: we set up our tents facing the center of the site, the campfire. That's where we met to talk, share stories, get warm, and make yummy treats.
What's really cool about the Israelites' camp is that they didn't just meet around a campfire. They had their tents pitched around the tent of meeting, another word for the tabernacle: God's house. God Himself was at the very center of their camp.
That's where He belongs in our lives: at the very center. Sure, we've all got our own things going on, just like the different people of Israel had their own standards (flags) and banners. School, sports and other activities, friends, family...these all make up different parts of our lives and make our experiences unique. But God should still be at the center of our lives. Every other part should be just off to the side, compared to Him.
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