2And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every craftsman in whose mind the LORD had put skill, everyone(B) whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work.
When God asks us to do something He gives us direction about what he wants, the know how to do it, and the desire to do it as well.
Fear: does that cut across our free will? Would we have wanted to do it if God had not given us the desire? And if not do we really want to do it, or is it something fake in us that is not us but what implanted in us? And if it has been implanted in us is that ok? Is that part of dying to ourselves and realizing that God is in control and has a right to do whatever He wants?
3And they received from Moses all the(C) contribution that the people of Israel had brought for doing the work on the sanctuary. They still kept bringing him(D) freewill offerings every morning, 4so that all the craftsmen who were doing every sort of task on the sanctuary came, each from the task that he was doing, 5and said to Moses,(E) "The people bring much more than enough for doing the work that the LORD has commanded us to do." 6So Moses gave command, and word was proclaimed throughout the camp, "Let no man or woman do anything more for the(F) contribution for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing, 7for the material they had was sufficient to do all the work, and more.
God is not selfish. He took only what was needed for the work. He is generous as well because He gave those things to the people in the first place.
God loves beauty. The directions for the tabernacle were very ornate and must have been impressive to see compared to the wilderness that the Jews traveled in for 40 years.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
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