2 Kings 12:9-16 ESV
9 Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord. And the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. 10 And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 11 Then they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord, 12 and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. 13 But there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, 14 for that was given to the workmen who were repairing the house of the Lord with it. 15 And they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen, for they dealt honestly. 16 The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it belonged to the priests.

THE FAITHFUL AND HONEST WORKMEN

In obedience to the king, the High Priest Jehoiada placed “a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord.” It was in a public place so that it was accesible and free from any suspicion of foul play. The priests guarded the chest. And, whenever the chest was almost full of money, the king's secretary and the high priest came up and they bagged and counted the money. Immediately, they would give the money that was weighed out into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the Lord. And they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the Lord, and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house. These money was spent purely for the building repair so that they did not but accessories, such as basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver.

And it must be noted that they did not ask for an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workmen. Why? It is because they dealt honestly. Definitely, trust is given to honest people. People should not be given a task in order to make them faithful but because they were found earlier as faithful.


Thus, faithfulness is seen in the track record of the person. Did not Jesus say, “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? [Luke 16:10-12]

The work progressed well because the job of the repair was given to the right people, that is, with carpentry and masonry skills. More than that, they were faithful and honest. Effective and efficient people of God has these two inseparable traits as the two wings of a plane needed in order to fly. Faithful and honest men are diligent.

Are we not God’s workmen to build His kingdom in this world?[Eph 4:12] We are even refered as ambassadors of Christ.[2 Cor 5:20] And, in edifying the church Peter said, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”[1 Pet 4:10-11]

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