We recently looked at mighty Moses and his two trusted warriors Aaron and Hur standing on top of a hill as Joshua fought in the valley. As long as Moses held up his hands the Israelites would win. When Moses grew weary, he would lower his arms, and the battle would turn the other way. Imagine the reputation of mighty warriors, Aaron and Hur. Mighty military leaders working together to advance God’s Kingdom in the earth powerfully.
Hur was a warrior. When the battle needed someone strong enough to stand beside Moses and not quit, Hur was the man for the job. Today I want us to look at Hur’s grandson, Bezalel.
Exodus 31:1-2 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. ESV
The Bible says he worked with blue, purple, scarlet yarn and fine linen for the tabernacle curtains. He actually had many skills but first let’s pause here to consider just how different he was from his grandfather.
Unity is having distinction without division.
Same bloodline. Completely different gifting. Hur held up hands in a battlefield. Bezalel built beauty in a workshop. Hur’s more visible role isn’t treated as more important than Bezalel’s gifted work in unseen places. Imagine the conversation when Hur learns his grandson’s interests. “The boy wants to be a seamstress?”
You don’t have to destroy others to validate yourself.
Your call doesn't look like anyone else's — not your grandfather's, not the person's next to you, not even the person you admire most in this life. God isn't asking you to hold up someone else's hands if He designed you to build something with yours.
Can you imagine if Bezalel had spent his life trying to be his grandfather? Trying to be a warrior instead of a craftsman? He might have felt like the lesser man in the family line — like he didn't measure up to Hur's legacy. But God didn't need another Hur. God needed a Bezalel.
Charles Swindoll, “Rabbits don't fly. Eagles don't swim. Ducks look funny trying to climb. Squirrels don't have feathers. Stop comparing. There's plenty of room in the forest.”
Exodus 31:1-6 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, 4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, 5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. 6 And behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And I have given to all able men ability, that they may make all that I have commanded ESV
This is the Bible’s first mention of a person being “filled” with the Spirit of God. The first person referenced as Spirit-filled in Scripture is not a prophet, judge, or king, but a craftsman equipped for skilled, practical work on the tabernacle.
Clearly, being filled with God’s Spirit isn’t reserved for spiritual leaders in public roles. This is about being supernaturally empowered to do whatever you are gifted to do in expanding the work of God in the earth.
Your job is what you’re paid to do. Your work is what you’re born to do.
GP2RL: Read Romans 12, Ephesians 4 and 1 Corinthians 12 this week reflecting on your uniquely gifted life.
EXPLAINING THE AI PROMPT:
When I first introduced the 'AI' prompt two weeks ago some people to raise their guard a little. That's a healthy response we want you to continue to hold on to as we navigate forward.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Test everything; hold fast what is good. ESV
The reason I’ve been working for the past 6 months with our elders, staff and other leaders in the church to navigate into this is because it is important for the church to have a response rather than a reaction to the A.I. inundation of almost every area of life.
We really do need to be ahead of this and not behind the curve. Approximately 50% of teens today have never even had a conversation with their parents about AI safety at all.
This isn’t going away. Part of our goal in all of this is to help stimulate conversation within your homes about how to navigate into what’s ahead with an open dialogue around your table.
Determine the boundaries that are right for your family. In our Community Group Leader discussion this past Sunday night we talked about the importance of talking this through together in our groups.
What we are providing today is simply a guided set of questions that focus on:
That’s the focus. Your responses to the questions will be interpreted data for you to consider about how you tend to interact in a crowd most effectively, what kind of problems you tend to be good at solving, what typical reasons do people tend to come to you for help. As you take time to pray about these things before the Lord, think about them both critically and constructively, realize this is just a tool.
This will not diagnose you or tell you who you are. Only God can do that. GOD CREATED YOU ON PURPOSE. Remember first we pray, then we think and then we explore supplemental information.
Put your name and the church's name into the first paragraph and then copy and paste everything below this line into an AI Platform like Claude, Chat GPT, etc:
My name is [YOUR NAME]. I'm part of DESTINY CHRISTIAN CENTER. I want to understand how God has uniquely wired me — not to change who I am, but to celebrate it and deploy it in service to the people closest to me (my "five-foot circle": family, friends, coworkers, neighbors).
Here's what I need from you:
Ask me the following 8 questions, one at a time. Wait for my answer before asking the next one. Listen for patterns.
After my 8 answers, give me:
Then ask me:
Start with question 1 now.
