God Loves Arts, Crafts, and Mechanical Devices.

Never think God is only interested in preachers.  Most never preach.  Does that mean we laymen are second-class citizens in God’s Kingdom? No.

“Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?’ 1 Corinthians 12:15-17.

Do you ever feel useless, an appendix in the Kingdom of God? He is your Creator.  HE made you! He loves you!  He has a PURPOSE for you!  Each time I read Exodus I am encouraged by the story of the craftsman Bezalel.  He never preached a sermon.  He never wrote a book.  He worked with his hands.  He was mechanically minded and artistically skilled, a man who could look at a problem with a building or a piece of furniture and come up with a solution.  Bezalel had a gift—and God used him to build the Tabernacle:

“The Lord has chosen Bezalel … and filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability, and knowledge … and he has given him the ability to TEACH others….  So Bezalel and every person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability … are to do the work just as the Lord commanded” Exodus 35:30-36:1.

Scriptures describing the design and construction of tabernacles and temples are difficult to read because today the information would be captured in surveys and blueprints.  But read the passages anyway and reflect on God’s deep passion for beautiful design and quality construction.  Look at the world around you—our Creator is an artist! He loves it when artists and craftsmen do their work with excellence!

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