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Exodus chapter 31. I want to read the first six verses. So this is God talking about the

construction of the tabernacle. And I want you to listen closely to language here. So the Lord

said to Moses, see, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Ure,

son of Her, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the spirit of God, with ability

and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

and cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft.

And behold, I have appointed with him, Ahuilab, the son of Ahisimak, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given to all able men ability that they may make all that I have commanded you.

And what I love about this passage and why I wanted to read all six of these verses is because here we've got the names of different people, some of whom are pretty hard to announce,

but take Bezalel, for example.

Like we know about Moses, but hardly anybody recognizes the name of Bezalel.

But in this passage, God talks about how he specifically filled Bezalel with the spirit of God and given him ability,

knowledge, craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and blondes,

to cut stones for setting, to carve wood, to work in these different crafts.

And I just think the tabernacle would not have been able to be constructed without Bezal.

And other guys like him, other people like him.

So yes, God's speaking to Moses and using Moses in a unique way,

but God's also using Bezalel in a unique way.

And every part of this picture matters. It makes me think about First

Corinthians chapter 12 when Paul's talking about the body of Christ, the church, and he says,

we're all members, parts of this body, and every part matters. And I think if we're not careful,

we can look at even certain leaders in the church and think,

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