Acts 7:37-43
…and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. (v. 41b) I may not have made a golden calf, but I have too often “rejoiced at the work of my hands”. Not literally – my hands are better for typing than for most any other skill – but for what “I” have done. It was later in life that I began to realize that any gifts that I had were bestowed to me at birth and through my environment – then again, much, much later that I began to fully realize that it was God working through me, using the gifts that I had been given to His glory. I’ve long believed that I was gifted with numbers and with a teaching ability and those two gifts combined perfectly for me as an economics professor. But now, fully retired, I serve as church treasurer and as the Avanza Bible lesson leader. And while people thank me for my service in each of those areas, to me I am truly using my gifts to God’s glory, serving His people in a couple of small ways to advance His kingdom. So now if I “rejoice in the work of my hands”, I thank God for using me as His messenger.
Slava Bohu!