I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded.

Exodus chapter 31, verse 6.

Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

God's plans, God's people, was written by Elisa Morgan.

Exodus chapter 31 verses 1 through 6.

Then the Lord said to Moses, see, I have chosen Bezalel, son of Uri, the son of her, of the tribe of Judah,

and I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding,

with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills to make artistic designs for work in gold,

silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts.

Moreover, I have appointed a Holib, son of Ahisimak, of the tribe of Dan,

to help him. Also, I've given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded

you. God's plans, God's people.

After I joined the Board of Trustees of a seminary, the long-term leader announced his retirement.

I found myself among those tasked with searching for a new president.

Together we amassed a daunting list of qualifications. How would we find someone

to fulfill such a complicated and vital role? I wondered the same as I read God's specifications

for the tabernacle's lampstands in Exodus Chapter 25, which were to be crafted of pure gold

with flower-like cups and almond flowers and six

branches. And the courtyard was to have curtains of finely twisted linen with 20 posts and 20

bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. Who could fulfill such assignments? God answers,

I have chosen Bezalel, and I have filled him with the spirit of God, with wisdom,

with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills to engage in all kinds of

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