Prayer based on Exodus 26

Father, we are Your people. You have broadened Your tabernacle to include us within Your worshipping assembly. Why should we ignore the joy of worship as if it were nothing? There is a battle within us. Will we view Your holy assembly as the world views us, or will we look beyond our weakness to the coming Day of Glory? Your heavenly tabernacle is full of wonder. Thank you for Your instructions to Your people concerning the earthly tabernacle. It was made according to the pattern shown on the mountain. We long for something more than any earthly place of worship. We need something more than a temporary mercy seat. We long for the permanent place of the fullest security and holiness. Come soon, Lord Jesus!