Make Work Part of Your Calling
Exodus 31:2-5 (NIV)
“I have chosen Bezalel . . . . and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-- to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of craftsmanship” Exodus 31:2-5 (NIV)
Pastor’s Blog
This passage contains the very first example of person being filled with the Holy Spirit in the entire Bible. Did you notice what Bezalel was gifted and empowered by the Holy Spirit to do? The Holy Spirit was given to Bezalel to make things, to create, to do manual labor.
You too, have been gifted by God in some way that “works” creation for the better. Some are gifted to lead, others are gifted artistically, others mechanically, others can run businesses. The ideal is to be able to earn a living in the area of you giftedness. But for most of us on the planet that is an unattainable dream. Rather most of us need to be happy just to be able to make a living. In a broken world that’s the reality.
This means that two things are required of us. God expects us to use our giftedness somehow in this life to serve Him. Secondly God expects us to be grateful that we can work at all. Are you grateful for your job? Do you ask God to empower you to work well, with integrity, honestly, putting in a full day’s work, working as unto the Lord?
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