All the women whose hearts stirred them to use their skill spun the goats' hair. ... See, the Lord has called by name ... and he has filled them with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs ... And he has inspired them to teach ... He has filled them with skill to do every sort of work done by an engraver or by a designer or by an embroiderer - by any sort of workman or skilled designer. (Exodus 35: 26, 30-35)
OK, so now's the time to concede that any skill any of us have, it comes by God's filling us. He pours both abilities and the "heart stirrings" to use them. How often have you seen people with skill, but no motivation to use it? Well, the remedy is simple. Turn to the Provider of these things.
These verses make me realize a few things. So graduate school would probably be agreed to be the time when one gets filled with intelligence. But today I recognize, that though I myself do the reading and writing, the whole time, it is God providing that transfer of knowledge from the ether into my own fibers. Another point: God gifts us in very specific skills, skills that the most secular of artisans can respect and admire. We're talking serious skill here. How can I not be excited, that He has promised me some serious skill, and the heart stirrings to use it? It's all in the name of His glory. Let it so be, God.
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