Chapter 3 – Awakening – Part 2

All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded.
Exodus 35:10

Exercise 2: Called by Name

Read Exodus 35:30-35. What do you think it means that the Bible includes not only the names of great kings, warriors, and prophets, but also the names of artists who worked on the place where the very Word of God, the Ten Commandments, was to be kept?

The body has many parts and they all work together. Not everyone can be a king or warrior or prophet. And not everyone can be an artist. We are all important. And God should have our best. God wanted the best they had to give to build the place where His name would be kept. He very deliberately chose David to be King. God very deliberately chose the one who would best create the place for His Glory.

Only WE seek to be politically correct and try to give everyone a chance to glorify God in every possible way. Only WE like to seem FAIR. Only WE say that there are many jobs and many workers. WE would not wish to single anyone in particular out.

How have you used and/or hidden your talents in your life? What key events or periods of your life influenced how you either developed or hid your talents?

I wouldn’t say that I have hidden them. I might have ignored them for a while when other life events took the stage. Going to college. Starting a family. I would say that I am in my renaissance. I’m coming back. I am getting comfortable with the person I have become. I am starting to recognize the artist. I am falling into my element. Things are starting to click. I am wishing to come out of retirement. I need to make time …

Perhaps hidden is the wrong word for me. I might have been withholding … And I think that might be for self-preservation!

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3

So in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in open places, I stationed the people by their clans, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

Nehemiah 4:13 (ESV)