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My Daily Blessing from My Daily Bible Reading
with meditations
by my mother, Poetess Gertrude Sanborn
February 1
Exodus 35"19-- Exodus 38:1
IS
PUTTING STAMPS ON ENVELOPES THE LORD’S WORK?
Exodus 36:1-2
"Then
wrought (worked) Bezaleel and Aholiab, and ever
wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and
understanding for the service of the sanctuary. . ."
Sometimes
we think that there is only one way to serve the LORD.
We postulate that pulpit-preaching, Bible-teaching, and
solo-singing are the exclusive methods of serving God.
How wrong we are! I remember a little boy who went with
his mother to her church to do "the Lord’s work." They
put stamps on envelopes! The puzzled boy looked at the
stamps. Then he looked at his mother and said, "Is
putting stamps on envelopes ‘the Lord’s work?’"
Reflect on BEZALEEL. If you recall,
his father’s name was URI and his grandfather was a man
named HUR. Remember Hur was the man, along with Aaron,
who held up Moses hands during the battle with the
Amaliekites.
BEZALEEL, with AHOLIAB, were skilled
craftsmen! It makes us wonder what their relatives
crafted, besides bricks, in the land of Egypt during the
four-hundred-year-captivity. Weren’t the pyramids
over-laid with gold? To fashion something in gold was no
problem to them! They knew how to work with their minds
and hands to create furniture, not only for function,
but also for beauty.
All their skill and talent was used
by God in building the tabernacle and its contents. God
had a plan. These men, along with other gifted men and
women, followed God’s pattern to built a place for
sacrifice and worship.
As we read about these talented
artists, carpenters, and seamstresses, we can see that
our service to God may come in many different packages.
Let us not forget to use those gifts for Him!
(ysw)
"HE THAT IS
MASTERED BY CHRISTIS THE MASTER OF EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE"
Does the circumstance press hard
against you? It is the Potter’s hand! Do not push
it away! It is shaping you into a vessel of
beauty and usefulness for Eternity. Your mastery will come, not by
arresting its progress, but by enduring its discipline
(Psalm 4:6; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 50:15)
(GGS –original author unknown).
And Sarah heard it in the tent door,
which was behind him. And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will
certainly return unto thee according to the time of
life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. (Genesis 18:10)
Under God's Care,
Yvonne S. Waite
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