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Discipleship Focus: Calling, Competency
- Calling asks whether or not God has called the person to the particular work at this point in their life.
- Competency asks whether or not the person has the readiness to be obedient to God’s will.
As we get ready to conclude the book of Exodus, we hear about the
completion of the work on the tabernacle.
We hear that the work is done well.
Bezalel has done good work. It is
worthy of praise to God and blessing upon Bezalel.
Here we have a story of competency. This isn’t a story of character. Bezalel’s character is not on display, his
competency is on display. Bezalel is ready
for the task at hand. He is prepared to
act. He is capable of accomplishing what
the Lord has set before him.
Of course, this is also a story of calling. Certainly Bezalel is called to do this
work. We’ve spoken about this over the last
two days. What is neat is that in this
story we see the culmination of calling and competency here in this
chapter. Here is the fruit of a man who
was called by God and equipped by God to accomplish that calling.
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