OUR DAILY BREAD : THE BLACKSMITH AND THE KING
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:06 amSUNDAY APRIL 3
THE BLACKSMITH
READ:
colossians 3:23
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Whatever you do,
work at it with
all your heart,
as working for
the Lord, not for
human masters.
________________________________________________________________________________
In 1878, when Scotsman Alexander Mackay arrived in what is now Uganda to serve as a missionary, he first set up a blacksmith forge among a tribe ruled by King Mutesa. Villagers gathered around this stranger who worked with his hands, puzzled because everyone “knew” that work was for women. At that time, men in Uganda never worked with their hands. They raided other villlages to capture slaves, selling them to outsiders. Yet here was this foreign man at work forging farming tools.
Mackay’s work ethic and life resulted in relationships with the villagers and gained him an audience with the king. Mackay challenged King Mutesa to end the slave trade, and he did.
In Scripture, we read of Bezalel and Oholiab, who were chosen and gifted by God to work with their hands designing the tent of meeting and all its furnishings for worship (EX. 31:1-11). Like Mackay, they honored and served God with their talent and labor.
We tend to categorize our work as either church work or secular. In truth, there is no distinction. God designs each of us in ways that make our contributions to the kingdom unique and meaningful. Even when we have little choice in where or how we work, God calls us to know Him more fully__and He will show us how to serve Him __right now. Randy Kilgore
**Father, grant me an awareness of my place in Your work.
Help me to see You at work in the people and places where I
spend my time.
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God will show u show to serve Him__wherever we are.
**********************************Today’s Bible Reding __ Exodus 32:1-11******************************
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen
Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with
wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with
all kinds of skills__ 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold,
silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and
to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed
Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him.
Also I have given ability to all the skilled owrkers to make
everything I have commanded you: 7 the tent of meeting, the
ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all
the other furnishings of the tent__ 8 the table and its articles,
the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of
incense, 9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utnesils, the
basin with its stand__ 10 and also the woven garments, both the
sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his
sons when they serve as priests, 11 and the anointing oil and
fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them
just as I commanded you.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The tabernacle was to function as God’s
dwelling place where the Israeites could come before His
presence (EX. 25:8). It was built according to God’s blueprint.
He especially appointed two craftsment__Bezalel and Oholiab
(31:1-6)__and gave them the ability to lead the work and teach
others (35:30-35). God spoke of a special empowering of Bezalel:
God “filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with
understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills”
(31:3). God also provided the skilled workers needed to build the
tabernacle and gave each of them the ability to make eveything
exactly as He wanted it made (vv. 6.11; 36:1).
THE BLACKSMITH
READ:
colossians 3:23
_______________________________________________________________________________
Whatever you do,
work at it with
all your heart,
as working for
the Lord, not for
human masters.
________________________________________________________________________________
In 1878, when Scotsman Alexander Mackay arrived in what is now Uganda to serve as a missionary, he first set up a blacksmith forge among a tribe ruled by King Mutesa. Villagers gathered around this stranger who worked with his hands, puzzled because everyone “knew” that work was for women. At that time, men in Uganda never worked with their hands. They raided other villlages to capture slaves, selling them to outsiders. Yet here was this foreign man at work forging farming tools.
Mackay’s work ethic and life resulted in relationships with the villagers and gained him an audience with the king. Mackay challenged King Mutesa to end the slave trade, and he did.
In Scripture, we read of Bezalel and Oholiab, who were chosen and gifted by God to work with their hands designing the tent of meeting and all its furnishings for worship (EX. 31:1-11). Like Mackay, they honored and served God with their talent and labor.
We tend to categorize our work as either church work or secular. In truth, there is no distinction. God designs each of us in ways that make our contributions to the kingdom unique and meaningful. Even when we have little choice in where or how we work, God calls us to know Him more fully__and He will show us how to serve Him __right now. Randy Kilgore
**Father, grant me an awareness of my place in Your work.
Help me to see You at work in the people and places where I
spend my time.
________________________________________________________________________________
God will show u show to serve Him__wherever we are.
**********************************Today’s Bible Reding __ Exodus 32:1-11******************************
1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have chosen
Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with
wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with
all kinds of skills__ 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold,
silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and
to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed
Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him.
Also I have given ability to all the skilled owrkers to make
everything I have commanded you: 7 the tent of meeting, the
ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all
the other furnishings of the tent__ 8 the table and its articles,
the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of
incense, 9 the altar of burnt offering and all its utnesils, the
basin with its stand__ 10 and also the woven garments, both the
sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his
sons when they serve as priests, 11 and the anointing oil and
fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them
just as I commanded you.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The tabernacle was to function as God’s
dwelling place where the Israeites could come before His
presence (EX. 25:8). It was built according to God’s blueprint.
He especially appointed two craftsment__Bezalel and Oholiab
(31:1-6)__and gave them the ability to lead the work and teach
others (35:30-35). God spoke of a special empowering of Bezalel:
God “filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with
understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills”
(31:3). God also provided the skilled workers needed to build the
tabernacle and gave each of them the ability to make eveything
exactly as He wanted it made (vv. 6.11; 36:1).