MARK 6:3.
When Jesus began His ministry, it was difficult for people to see Him as anything more than a carpenter. His family, neighbors, and friends watched Him grow up making and fixing things. Back then, “Jesus the Rabbi” took a little getting used to.
However, what people did not know then and what we need to discover now is that Jesus’ earthly occupation as a carpenter was the perfect preparation for His ministry. He would spend the next three years working with the broken.
The Bible is not clear if Jesus did any carpentry work after He began His ministry; however, He spent the rest of His earthly years and then till this very minute fixing the brokenness of humanity. He is offering us a chance today to invite Him into our disaster zone. We need to trust His skilled and steady hand. Soon, He will unveil His handiwork, and we will see that the Jewish carpenter from Nazareth was the only one who could put us back together again.
