.....touch

For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 

I recently saw a documentary about the macking of a Steinway piano. It traced the meticulous care that goes into crafting this fine instrument.  From the cutting of trees until the piano appears on a showroom floor, it goes through countless delicate adjustments by skilled craftsmen.

When the year-long process is complete, accomplished musicians play the piano and often comment on how the same rich sounds could never be produced by a computerized assembly line. The secret to the final product is the craftsman's touch.

When the tabernacle was built, we see that God also valued the craftsman's touch. He chose the craftsman Bezalel and said of him: "l have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge, and with all kinds of skills - to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds crafts" Exodus 31:3-5.

Today, God dwells in the hearts of believers. Yet the call to craftsmanship has not ended. Now each individual believer is God's "handiwork" Ephesians 2:10. The Master Craftsman is the Holy Spirit, who chips away at flaws in our character to make each of us like Jesus Romans 8:28-29. And as we yield to His workmanship, we will find that the secret to the final product is the Craftsmant touch. 

- dennis fisher