What are you Good at?

Exodus 21

Moses is still receiving the information from God about the tabernacle. God is detailed in his plans and now he is telling Moses not to worry about how it will come together because there will be able men who will do the detailed tasks. My wife and I are getting ready to buy a house and one of the questions that keeps coming up in my mind is how much work will need to happen at each house that we are looking at. There are some guys that are naturally gifted in the area of construction, there are some guys that do not have to try hard to learn how to fix things, and then there are guys like me. I can’t fix things for the life of me. I can learn how to do certain things but it will take me twice as long as anyone else and it still will not be fixed. God is sharing with Moses that he has raised the right men to do this heavy job. Men who born just for this job.

Bazalel and Oholiab 

In verse 3 it says that Bazalel was filled with the Spirit. He was going to serve as the contractor and be the one leading the construction of the tabernacle. He was going to have an assistant named Oholiab. The task at hand with the construction of the tabernacle was not a small task. This was a great responsibility that they would need the Lord to help with. God chose the right people for the job. These men were skilled in their areas of craftsmanship. 

The Sabbath 

The last section of chapter 31 God speaks to Moses directly about the Sabbath. God established this day for a specific purpose for the people of Israel to keep. This was something that was established even before the 10 Commandments but during creation. In Genesis 2 we see that God created the 7th day for the observation of who God is. God makes this clear while speaking to Moses that the Sabbath was designed for Israel to know about the knowledge of God. 

God has given each of us certain gifts and talents that we were born with and we use all the time. These two men were gifted in certain artistic areas. We are called by God in 2nd Timothy 2:15 to do our best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. I may not be Mr. Construction guy but I can be a worker of God’s Word and handling it rightly. In fact that is what I am called to do. You may be good in sports, art, communication, music, and etc. but we still, as believers, are called by God to handle his word the right way.

The task that these guys had needed to be handled with the upmost respect. They did not just say, “Whatever.” They actually desired for God to be glorified in his dwelling place. When it comes to respect, do you respect God’s Word? Do you know that it is truth? I pray that we can look at this task that God has for us with respect and love.