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My Daily Blessing from My Daily
Bible Reading
with meditations
by my mother, Poetess Gertrude Sanborn
JANUARY
31
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 CHRIST IS 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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