TOPIC: LET YOUR WORK RECOMMEND YOU
Text: 1 Kings 7:27-37
7:27 He also made ten [i]carts of bronze; four cubits was the length of each cart, four cubits its width, and three cubits its height.
7:28 And this was the design of the carts: They had panels, and the panels were between frames;
7:29 on the panels that were between the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. And on the frames was a pedestal on top. Below the lions and oxen were wreaths of plaited work.
7:30 Every cart had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and its four feet had supports. Under the laver were supports of cast bronze beside each wreath.
7:31 Its opening inside the crown at the top was one cubit in diameter; and the opening was round, shaped like a pedestal, one and a half cubits in outside diameter; and also on the opening were engravings, but the panels were square, not round.
7:32 Under the panels were the four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were joined to the cart. The height of a wheel was one and a half cubits.
7:33 The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel; their axle pins, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all of cast bronze.
7:34 And there were four supports at the four corners of each cart; its supports were part of the cart itself.
7:35 On the top of the cart, at the height of half a cubit, it was perfectly round. And on the top of the cart, its flanges and its panels were of the same casting
7:36 On the plates of its flanges and on its panels he engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, wherever there was a clear space on each, with wreaths all around
7:37 Thus he made the ten carts. All of them were of [j]the same mold, one measure, and one shape.
STUDY:
King of Tyre recommended Huram, a man full of wisdom and understanding, to Solomon to carry out the bronze work of the temple (vv. 13-14). He constructed ten bronze moveable water carts, each holding a basin for rinsing burnt offerings (v. 27 cf 2 Chron. 4:6). Each cart had four wheel stands with axles to make them mobile (v. 30). The wheels are made like chariot wheels, and their axle pins, rims, spokes, and hubs, were cast in bronze (v. 33). The carts were identical in size and shape (v. 37) and were decorated with carved lions, oxen, and cherubim, together with wreath decorations above and below (vv. 28-29). Also, each of the water carts had four handles, extending out (v. 34), and the top of the carts had ring shapes (v. 35).
Dearly beloved, looking at the way the ten water carts are constructed, you will agree that it took much wisdom and understanding to produce such excellent pieces of furnishings. Huram was recommended to Solomon because he was apparently a very superior craftsman. The secret of his success story rests on the wisdom and understanding he possessed. In Christ, you and I have inexhaustible resources to draw from to excel, like Huram. In Christ, God does “freely gives us all things” (Rom. 8:32), including wisdom to excel, if we ask (James 1:5). Ask for wisdom and understanding concerning all you do, that you may excel and so your work will recommend you.
Prayer:
Father; grant me wisdom and understanding to excel in all I do.
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