H ave you ever stopped to realize how many different kinds of hard ware are mentioned in the Bible? The blessed Holy Spirit has put them there for our spiritual profit. Take, for in stance, hinges. In 1st Kings the hinges of Solomon’s temple are described, tell ing us that they were made of gold. Whoever heard of gold hinges today? Solomon had these hundreds of years before our 'Lord Jesus Christ. The Bi ble doesn’t use space carelessly. Notice that the hinges on the outer doors were of gold as well as the ones on the inner doors. This necessary piece of hard ware speaks of motion, activity, use fulness, and serviceability. Our out ward actions, as well as our inward motions, should be pure in God’s sight. All the motives that pass within our life, in private or in public, should be golden before both men and God. In Proverbs 26:14 we read, “As the door turns upon its hinges, so doth the soul of man upon his bed.” In this case hinges represent the activity (or the inactivity) of the lazy man. This per son has no goal, no aim, no object in life. He is only satisfied with his own comfort and his own peace. He under takes nothing for God and nothing for man. He is like the door swinging and swinging but remaining in its place of uselessness and obscurity. God help us from being like that. Then consider nails which are only small pieces of hardware. They do play an important part in civilization. How
could anyone build a house without nails? The first nail mentioned in the Bible is Judges 4:21. It was used by a woman named Jael. With it she killed Sisera who was called Israel’s great enemy. Equipped with a nail and ham mer in her hand, she fastened this ene my and wicked king to the ground by driving a nail through his temple. So, a very small thing in the hand of an obscure person may accomplish far- reaching results. The last nail mentioned in the Bible was used by a Roman soldier. It was used to crucify Israel’s best friend, the Lord Jesus Christ. God has graciously hidden those nails lest they should be come objects of worship. The nail was a small thing in the eyes of men, yet it accomplished tremendous results for the souls of men. In Colossians 2:14 we read that the evidences of the believ er’s sins were nailed to the cross by God Himself. Then we read about nails in Solo mon’s temple (H Chronicles 8:9). Their value is computed to have been $1,454,- 250.00. God knows the value of even these little insignificant things used in the temple. The little things in your life may be gold which the Lord can use for His glory. He gives careful scrutiny to every little detail of our lives. Nails were hidden from sight in the temple, covered with plates of gold and with gems of beauty. But the Lord sees beneath the surface and (continued on next page) 5
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