1 Kings 7

He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a bronze worker; he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill in working with all kinds of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and did all his work.
(1Ki 7:14)

I love the studying these type of people in the Bible. These are the guys who are so easy to look over, however held great responsibility. What did Hiram do? He furnished the entire temple of the Lord and hand crafted every piece of bronze in it! No doubt Hiram was elected for this job because he had a gift. He was skilled in the art of bronze therefore, being the best at what he does, he was asked to furnish the temple. Even in this, he was to be filled with “wisdom and understanding and skill.” In everything we do, whether it is a natural ability for us or something entirely new, we are to invite the Lord to be involved. Not only that, but we are to ask the Lord to grant us wisdom understanding and skill.

We also see this same principle when the tabernacle is being made.

Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, in bronze, in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of workmanship. "And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you: the tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle—the table and its utensils, the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base— (Exo 31:1-9).

These two men made everything in the Holy of Holies and everything in the tabernacle. They made the lamp stands and down to the utensils. Although they were no doubt naturally gifted for this occasion, they needed to be filled up by the Lord with His wisdom, that they might do His work.

Remember, if you want to serve the Lord to the best of your abilities you have to allow the Lord to use in every way. This means a complete surrendering of all your members. The Lord will fill you and use you in the most practical ways. I am always so encouraged when I watch VBS come together. You got all the crafts people doing their thing. You got the musicians doing their thing. You got the teachers doing their thing and you got the activity people doing their thing. Though these gifts differ in many ways, we have one great bond: we are all doing it for the Lord and we are all receiving our instruction from the Lord. As you go out and minister make yourself an instrument for the Lord to use, just like Hiram.