"The Book of ______"

Every year when I read through the book of Exodus I'm tempted to just skip over all the details that seem redundant. But a few years ago I found the beauty that God wanted me to see in the book of Exodus. What I gleaned was how detailed God was and how he blessed and equipped through the Holy Spirit people that were called to do specific things to bring him glory. Two specific men are mentioned in Exodus chapter 35, Bezalel and Oholiab. Every project needs a project manager that can head and direct all the workers to achieve one goal. God chose Bezalel and through his Holy Spirit he gifted him with everything that he would need to be the head craftsman for the building of the tabernacle tent. Similar to how God gave Joshua as an assistant to Moses, God gave Bezalel, Oholiab.

You can read Exodus 35:30-35 or all of Exodus 35 or all of Exodus to more deeply understand God's precise plans and how he provides for those plans to come to fruition. When we look at Exodus it provides a blueprint of how God works. As detail oriented as he was with the building of the tent, That's how detailed he is in how he  blesses you with specific gifts and how he provides from all kinds of sources for you to do the work that he calls you to do. 

Not one person is born without a purpose from God. It may be as simple as serving others in the mundane of daily life to choosing to glorify him on a stage rather than pleasing the world from that platform. Some of us are gifted with artistic abilities, some with crafting. Some have a small quiet area of service while others might be leaders and delegators. Some may be called to be foster parents of 12 children where someone else could be called to mother one child. Some are called to be married and some are not. Some are called to build families and some have not been given that ministry but are called to minister to others by understanding their disappointments and pain, called to comfort and council. Some are called to cook meals and serve in their community where others may be called to other countries to bring the gospel to those who have not heard it. 

Large or small, noticed or unnoticed, we all have gifts that we are called to use for God's glory. Whatever gift we are given he will surely bless us with the abilities that we will require through his Holy Spirit. He will also provide all resources that are needed.

I encourage you to do this assignment. Sit down with paper and pen and write your book of the Bible. Title it the book of ______. Put your name in the blank. Ask God to help you write the story of what he has called you to do and how he's gifted you to do it. What he wants others to read and glean from your story. How is he being glorified in your life through your gifts that he gave you. 

When our lives are over and we stand before the King, he will ask us one question, "What did you do with the gifts that I gave you?"