There are 2 Halves to Exodus 31. The first half God explains to Moses that he has given the gift of the Holy Spirit to Bezalel. By the power of the Holy Spirit God blessed Bezalel to be able to craft everything in the Tabernacle that God had instructed Moses to build. This is a picture of how God blesses each of us with some type of spiritual gift. The Holy Spirit that God gifted to Bezalel is now given to each and every one of us that claim that Jesus is Lord and believe that when Jesus died on the cross that it was for the sins of the world. When we receive the gift of the Holy Spirit we still have the free will to choose how we will use our spiritual gifts. We can choose to use it for the kingdom of God or we can choose to use it for our own selfish reasons. The second half of Exodus 31 is the model of the work week that he required the Israelites to rest on the seventh day which he calls the Sabbath. He used this day to identify who his people were, compared to others and it was also a way for the Israelites to express to God that they trust in him and that they were Obedient to him. God even rested on the seventh day after he created man and everything on earth. When God rested he saw that his work was good and he rested in that fact. When we observe the Sabbath we should do it in the same way. We rest on the Sabbath for two reasons. One is because God led by example and showed us the model of what a work week should look like. Second we were created to have work to enjoy. The Sabbath is a way to sit down and smell the roses. It is a chance to rest and enjoy what your God given works have provided. It is a chance to see the good your works have provided and to take in what you have accomplished with God’s power. Take the time to fully enjoy everything that you are working for through the blessings God has given you. Love y’all! Have a great day!
Exodus 31:1-18
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“The Lord also spoke to Moses: “Look, I have appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with God’s Spirit, with wisdom, understanding, and ability in every craft to design artistic works in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut gemstones for mounting, and to carve wood for work in every craft. I have also selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be with him. I have put wisdom in the heart of every skilled artisan in order to make all that I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on top of it, and all the other furnishings of the tent — the table with its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, the basin with its stand — the specially woven garments, both the holy garments for the priest Aaron and the garments for his sons to serve as priests, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense for the sanctuary. They must make them according to all that I have commanded you.” The Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the Lord who consecrates you. Observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Whoever profanes it must be put to death. If anyone does work on it, that person must be cut off from his people. Work may be done for six days, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord. Anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must be put to death. The Israelites must observe the Sabbath, celebrating it throughout their generations as a permanent covenant. It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.” When he finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the testimony, stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God.”
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