Get Some Distance

S ~ It was Moses’ practice to take the Tent of Meeting and set it up some distance from the camp. Everyone who wanted to make a request of the Lord would go to the Tent of Meeting outside the camp. Exodus 33:7

O ~ Outside the camp, Moses made it his practice to meet with God. It would have been an effort to set up the tent of meeting, and to set it up outside camp.

A ~ There is something significant about choosing to set aside a place 'outside of normal life'. It's not just fitting meeting with God in during the daily routine of life, but setting a time and place with some distance to normal routines. Devotions. Prayer Days. Quiet Places.

P ~ Lord, even in my devotions I don't want to fall into routine, but rather to really make it my practice so have some distance between normal life and meeting with You.  May You truly be included in all the 'normal life' stuff - but also may my life practice Your presence a good distance away from all that.