Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining. I am in the podcast studio. He's back with today's Diva writer. You've been here before. Mr. Travis Brewster.

Thank you for having me back. Travis, you were here for Revelation 21. Great episode. Lots of courage to tackle Revelation. And at that time, you shared your story. So we'll link that episode in the description. We're just going to dive right in.

Sounds good. Exodus 31. I look at at least the first chunk of this chapter. And I immediately think Watermark comms team,

because their mission statement is reflecting, that's where all the graphic designers, filmmakers,

all the creative people at the church work, their mission statement is reflecting our creator.

We make things that point to Jesus and build up his church. And they use this passage to talk about

how does God utilize or deploy creativity. But if I hadn't been on the Watermark

Com's team, and as I'm sure most people do, I can look at Exodus 31 and just kind of

glaze over it. Who are these guys? Their names are hard to pronounce,

and why should I care?

How would you respond to that?

Yeah, that's a great question.

Well, the passage here in Exodus 31 matters

when you consider the context of what's actually happening.

Up until this point, God had been giving Moses the commands for what the tabernacle is going to look like,

what the stuff in the tabernacle is going to look like, how to make it, and so on.

And at this point, what God tells Moses is he's actually going to fill Bezalel and Al-Holiyab with the Spirit of God.

And reading in the ESV in verse 3, it says, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge, and all craftsmanship.

And so he's going to fill them with the Spirit of God in order to make all of the parts

for the tabernacle, all the stuff that's going to go in it, the tent itself, all the structures

and so on.

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