Daily Butter 11/21: Master's Craftsman

My little addition to Our Daily Bread (11/21/11):

I have placed wisdom within every skilled craftsman in order to make all that I have commanded you:

(Exodus 31:6b HCSB)

I also marvel at the artistry of master craftsman just as Dennis Fisher spoke about in today’s ODB. There’s something almost magical about something that is truly hand-crafted. It intrigues me that God, though well within His limitless power to have created a spectacular tabernacle or an exquisite temple with a word just as He made all of creation, chose to let mankind be a part of His plan and have a hand in building His kingdom.

Times may change, but He still prefers to use His people. It reminds me at times of my son wanting to help Daddy with the yard work: he gives the best effort his little arms and legs can manage with his leaf rake for as long as his three-year-old attention span can handle, and while it made barely a dent in the size of the job, it makes Daddy happy and that’s the important thing. There’s a lot of darkness in this world and one day He will break open the sky and let His light wipe out the darkness, but for now, He’s chosen me to take this little light of mine and let it shine so that some might see the light and be drawn to the Light. One day, that role may change, and I trust my God will, just as He did in Exodus 31, grant the wisdom, knowledge, skill, and strength to accomplish the task for which He chooses me.

As a new homeowner with repair and improvement projects, I’ve discovered something anew. It’s not the drill’s job to make sure the right size bit is in place or that the power is available, but the “handyman” better be sure of these things. I aim to be more multi-functioned than a drill in the Master’s hands, but though I may be cordless, I am powerless without His Spirit indwelling and purposeless without His guiding hand.

“Whenever they bring you before synagogues and rulers and authorities, don't worry about how you should defend yourselves or what you should say. For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very hour what must be said."

(Luke 12:11-12 HCSB)

- Andy Jentes