Pins and Cords

The pins and cords also have a voice: they were used to hold the boards of the tabernacle, and the pillars of the court, in position (Ex. 27:19). Looking at the boards and pillars as symbols of all Christians, the pins and cords would picture to us that needful word, “Kept by the power of God” (1 Pet. 1:5). How could these boards or pillars stand without the cords? And how could the Christian stand in a difficult position, tempted from without and tempted from within, were he not kept by the power of God! But while kept of God, there is also a responsibility on the part of the Christian which must not be overlooked, though not prefigured in the pins and cords. God’s Word is given to be the guide; and walking in the light of it the believer can say with the Psalmist, “By the word of Thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer” (Psa. 17:4).