Bezalel (2)

Our official truth pursuit on the Life Study of Exodus, message 170 was so enlightening, full of light and revelation. 

THE MASTER BUILDER

Exodus 31:2-5 speaks of the master builder of the tabernacle. Paul uses the term master builder in 1 Corinthians 3:10: “According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation....” A master builder is a leader in God’s building.

Bezalel, the Son of Uri, the Son of Hur

Exodus 31:2 says, “See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.” Bezalel is a type in the Old Testament of the master builder. The name Bezalel means “in the shadow of God.” This indicates that as a master builder, Bezalel was altogether under God’s shadowing. He was a man under the shadow of God’s grace. This corresponds to Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 3:10, where he says that it was by God’s grace that he was made a wise master builder.

The name of Bezalel’s father was Uri, which means “light of Jehovah.” This name indicates that all the builders of God’s dwelling place should be not only under God’s shadow, but also full of the Lord’s light.

The name of Bezalel’s grandfather was Hur. Hur means free, noble, white. Not only should we be under God’s shadow and full of light, but we should be free and noble. Those who build God’s dwelling place are not low people. On the contrary, they are noble people doing a noble work. No other work is as noble as the building of God’s dwelling place. Furthermore, the builders of God’s dwelling place are “white,” that is, they are clean and pure. When we put together the meaning of the names Bezalel, Uri, and Hur, we can see what kind of person the builders of God’s dwelling place, especially the elders, must be.

Filled with the Spirit of God

Concerning Bezalel, 31:3 says, “And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship.” If we would build God’s dwelling place, we must be a people filled with the Spirit of God. By our natural life and ability and in our natural man, we are not able to do this work. Nothing natural is capable of building God’s dwelling place. Only the Spirit of God can build His own dwelling place through us. We are the instruments, the means. The actual ability, capacity, strength, and power must be God Himself as the Spirit to us.

According to verse 3, this filling up with the Spirit of God involves four matters: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and workmanship. 

This has been my prayer time and again. To be filled with wisdom, knowledge, understanding... has been my personal prayer and the prayer I taught and prayed with my children every time I dropped them to school. As I have been serving, perhaps, learning to serve, for over a decade now, I sensed the need for more of God's wisdom. I do not believe in human skill and maneuvering though this may work in real-life work culture. My trust is in God to do the right thing at the right time, and this can happen only with the wisdom from above, God's wisdom, and the discernment and understanding to be able to co-work with God intimately, all for the fulfillment of God's purpose. And God's wisdom is experienced in being filled with the Spirit of God, the reality of all that God is.

Lord, fill me with Your Spirit. Be my wisdom, knowledge, understanding, discernment and workmanship.