Do It Right

"Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around... He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide... Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around... Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it... Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it. He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around." -Exodus 37.1-2, 6, 10-11, 17, and 25-26

Bezalel is hard at work on the tabernacle itself. Once the structure itself is completed he begins work on the items for inside. He builds the ark and the mercy seat, the table, the lampstand, the altar of incense, and everything that goes with them just as God instructed. He builds them to the exact dimensions that God said. He covers them with gold, or makes them of pure gold, as God said. He doesn't cut corners, he follows God's instructions exactly, and makes the items for the inside of the tabernacle. It was tedious and detailed work, but he did it as it was supposed to be done.

Men, when we get a task how well do we do it? Do we look for ways to cut corners and get it done, or do we do everything completely as it should be? Do we do the job right, or do we try to get it done quickly?

Bezalel was chosen for the task because was a skilled workman, one who would do the job right. Are you the same way? When God calls you to do a task are you reliable and dependable to do it right? Or do you look for the fastest way to get it done no matter what corners you have to cut?

Let us be dependable and complete the tasks we are given. Let us do the job right.

"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."

To God alone be the Glory!

Strength and Honor