A SKILLED WORK MAN:" HURAM-ABI"

Huram..who? Who is this guy? ..is he real? where did you hear about him?...lets look at the scriptures....


2 Chronicles 2:7: “Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers, whom my father David provided.

2 Chronicles 2:13-14: I am sending you Huram-Abi, a man of great skill, whose mother was from Dan and whose father was from Tyre. He is trained to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and wood, and with purple and blue and crimson yarn and fine linen. He is experienced in all kinds of engraving and can execute any design given to him. He will work with your skilled workers and with those of my lord, David your father.

So this was when Solomon was building the temple for God and he wrote to Hiram, the King of Tyre and then Hiram sent him a man by the name of Huram-Abi. He is mostly compared with a man named Oholiab (Exodus 35:30-35) 

So this guy had mad skills! We can call him the principal architect (he would create any design given to him)  and engineer (he was able to work with any material given to him)...... 


This verse struck me and I remember making a silent prayer telling God...I want to be like this guy..who gets recommended by a King...... So what does it take?

1 Kings 7:14-15: He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work. He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both.

Huram Abi was filled with wisdom and understanding that would only come from God, because even though Solomon had wisdom in building the temple, God provided him with a man who had wisdom and understanding in the skill of building the temple. We can call him the temple designer who was filled with wisdom and knowledge and Solomon the temple builder filled with wisdom and knowledge...
Where am I getting at?
The main focus on this man is in the wisdom and understanding he was filled with that enabled him to have those set of skills. The kind of wisdom and understanding that can only come from God.
Proverbs 22:29: Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
When we read this verse we mostly focus on our abilities, our education and the knowledge we gain from experience...do not get me wrong it is not bad. But we limit ourselves when we only look at these qualities when we can always ask God to fill us with His wisdom and His understanding then we will be able to achieve far more beyond what we thought we could.
Remember Solomon? He asked God for wisdom and he was given and the bible says there was never and will never be a King like him...why? because the wisdom he had did not come from books...or experience but it  came from God.
The same way for Huram Abi to have been able to possess such set of skills that made him be recommended by a King and stand out from the rest ...where I choose to believe that there were other skilled men but not as skilled as him...maybe his classmates.....it only had to be because he possessed wisdom from God.....
Thing is, even in our pursuit to seek to be skilled and to be the best in the places where God has put us...let us not rely on our own wisdom and understanding thinking there is no place for God in this.....the answer to getting that promotion or having the most successful business in that sector is seeking the wisdom and understanding that ONLY comes from God...this is what will make you a pace setter and a change maker in this generation....so just like Huram Abi...may you be filled with wisdom and understanding from God that will make you a skilled workman who will serve before Kings/presidents.......
Prayer:Dear God, 
I want to be the best in school/work/business, help me Lord in this pursuit to not  forget to seek wisdom and understanding that only comes from you. I pray for you to fill me with wisdom and knowledge so that even when I become the best I will not give credit to myself but all glory may go to you. In Jesus name I pray
Amen