Building the Ark With Acacia Wood

Bezalel makes the ark of acacia wood - two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide and high, overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside. The materials are specific, the measurements precise, the construction intentional.

I'm a maker - I sew, I build small furniture - and I understand that choosing materials matters. Acacia would have been readily available to the Israelites in the wilderness. God isn't demanding something impossible. But within the realm of the possible, excellence is expected.

What draws me is that Bezalel isn't innovating - he's following specifications. But he's doing it with such attentiveness that the ark becomes beautiful. That's a kind of creativity I needed to embrace: not dramatic invention, but faithful excellence within given parameters.