8 All the [s]skillful men among those who were performing the work made the [t]tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and [u]blue and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman, [v]Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight [w]cubits and the width of each curtain four [x]cubits; all the curtains had[y]the same measurements. 10 He [z]joined five curtains to one another and the other five curtains he [aa]joined to one another. 11 He made loops of [ab]blue on the edge of the[ac]outermost curtain in the first [ad]set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was[ae]outermost in the second [af]set. 12 He made fifty loops in the one curtain and he made fifty loops on the [ag]edge of the curtain that was in the second [ah]set; the loops were opposite each other. 13 He made fifty clasps of gold and [ai]joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was [aj]a unit.
Even though it states that “All the skillful men among those who were performing the work” were involved in the fabrication of the tabernacle and it’s curtains, at the end the work of making the curtains is ascribed to Bezalel.
I’ve often heard people get discouraged when one person gets credit for the work of many. But there is rarely anything good on this earth done which is accomplished by one person alone. Beyond that, it is not to us to seek glory for the works of our hands. Everything we have, our talents, our possessions, it all belongs to God.
I heard a story on the radio yesterday about a man who bought a bag of doughnuts and because the restaurant was so full, he ended up sharing the table with another gentleman. To his horror (he thought) every time he ate a doughnut out of the bad, the man across the table would reach over, take a doughnut, and eat it while smiling at him. This went on for some time until the man finally left, leaving the first man stewing about the lost doughnuts. Went he went to pick up his bags from the floor, he found his bag of doughnuts sitting on top of the other bags. The man had not been TAKING his doughnuts, he had been SHARING of his own.
In the words of that preacher, when we get upset that others take advantage of our gifts, or don’t share the credit for our work, it behooves us to remember, “God owns ALL the doughnuts!”