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Tuesday... He has given you wisdom in such matters...


Tuesday... He has given you wisdom in such matters. Yes He has. But are we using it?

I was reading this morning in Exodus 28 and I came upon this verse, verse 3 (NIV) and it said, "Tell the skilled workers to whom I have given wisdom in such matters that they are to make garments for Aaron, for his consecration. so he may serve me as priest."

We hear a lot about Moses and his brother Aaron and their task to lead God's people from Egypt to the Promised Land. He had prepared them for the task even though Moses had some problems with believing that he had the ability to do the task. We read their story but we each one also have a story to tell. God has given each one of us wisdom to do what He has created us to do. Yes He has. And it's too bad when we have not lived out and developed the skill, the wisdom, the ability that God has placed within each one of us. But it is never too late to start.  

Psalm 139 goes into this matter with a little more detail. Verses 13-17 (NLT) says, "You made all the delicate inner parts of my body and knit it together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous-how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!"

You needed this today, didn't you? Life has its way of making us feel worthless and even a piece of junk but this is so important for you to see, God doesn't make junk! Don't let the lies of the world make you feel that way. Oh you may be off the path but you can get on it. And God can use what you have gone through to use you in a way that is greater than you can ever imagine.

A good place to start is verses 23 & 24. They say, "Search me O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life." 

The Message says in verse 14, "I thank you, High God-you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made!" So let's go live out this creation by God called, you! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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