The Work of Our Hands

Fellow Labourers-

Look closely at this paragraph taken from today's reading. "Standing before the completed tabernacle, Moses inspected the work and saw that they had done it just as the LORD had commanded. So he blessed them and then set to work himself. When Moses finished everything God had instructed of him and all the labor was finished on the tabernacle, the completed work of the skilled craftsmen was transfigured by the arrival of God's glory: Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle" (Exodus 40:34). The work of our hands has no better end." Moses was the recipient of the instructions but he was not one of the skilled craftsmen. He knew what the plan entailed and before he could make a comment the plan giver gave his approval with the glory of his presence.


We are workers together and we are expected to do our part well under the instruction of the one to whom the plan is given. If we do not understand the plan it is wise to ask the one with the plan, not others who have to work the plan. Great things can be accomplished when there is a master plan and each of us know our part in making the plan work. If you are a plumber then do the plumbing. If you are an interior decorator then do your decorating. Know your task and do it well. Let us never think that my role is the most important. It takes each part to make the whole. The final approver of our work will do the judging, and he alone knows what is our best.

Pax Vobiscum

Robert A. Stewart