Through the lens of Man
Tabernacle — a portable Eden
The first man in Scripture to be filled with the Spirit is not a prophet. He is a craftsman.
Bezalel is given the Spirit to build (Ex 31:3). To work with metal and wood and stone and fabric. To turn a vision into a structure. The first Spirit-filling in the Bible is for making something with your hands that becomes a place for God’s presence.
This ought to land for any man who works with his hands or his head — building, fixing, designing, leading, planning, teaching, creating. The work of your hands is not separate from your spiritual life. It is part of it. The Spirit fills men to build dwelling places — homes, businesses, projects, ministries, families.
Most men I know feel a quiet shame about the connection between their work and their faith. Real ministry is in church. My job is just my job. Exodus 31 says no. The Spirit was filling Bezalel while he hammered metal. The Spirit fills you while you do whatever you do.
One small thing today: name one piece of work — a project, a task, a build — that you have been treating as separate from your life with God. Bring it under His Spirit’s filling. Do it as priestly work today.