在我加入一所神學院的董事會之後，服務多年的院長宣布退休。於是，我和其他幾位董事一起負責聘請新的院長，我們洋洋灑灑列出一長串必須具備的資格和要求。我們如何才能找到一位完全符合資格的人來擔此重任呢？

當我閱讀出埃及記25章時，心中也有同樣的疑問。上帝仔細叮囑要如何製作會幕的燈臺，包括必須用純金打造，要有花朵形狀的油杯、杏花以及六個枝幹（31-36節）。此外，院子要「用撚的細麻做帷子，⋯⋯帷子的柱子要二十根，帶卯的銅座二十個，柱子上的鉤子和杆子都要用銀子做」（27章9-10節）。如此艱鉅的任務有誰能完成呢？

上帝說：「我已經親自選出……比撒列，用我的靈充滿他，使他有聰明智慧，精於各種技能和手藝，……精通木工和各種手藝。⋯⋯至於其他能工巧匠，我已賜給他們智慧，好照我對你的吩咐製造一切器具。」（31章2-6節，當代譯本修訂版）

當我們需要新的高層領袖、教會志工或活動策劃人，要去哪裡尋找適合的人選呢？我們可以向那位呼召並裝備祂子民的上帝求助。上帝為祂的會幕制定宏偉的藍圖，接下來祂就揀選並裝備祂的子民來執行計劃。上帝會使用祂的子民來完成祂的計劃。

After I joined the board of trustees of a seminary, the long-term leader announced his retirement. I found myself among those tasked with searching for a new president. Together, we amassed a daunting list of qualifications. How would we find someone to fulfill such a complicated and vital role?

I wondered the same as I read God’s specifications for the tabernacle’s lampstand to be crafted of pure gold, with flower-like cups and almond flowers and six branches (Exodus 25:31-36). And the courtyard was “to have curtains of finely twisted linen, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts” (27:9-10). Who could fulfill such assignments?

God answered, “I have chosen Bezalel . . . and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills . . . to engage in all kinds of crafts” (31:2-5). God also said, “I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you” (v. 6).

Where do we turn to fill a vacant role for a high-level leader, a volunteer at church or to orchestrate an event? To the God who calls and equips His people. God laid out an ambitious design for His temple. Then He chose and equipped His people to implement it. God’s answer to His plans is God’s people.