Jesus probably worked in the family carpentry shop before
beginning His public ministry. You can be sure that everything He made—chairs, plows, cabinets—was solid, functional, and beautiful.
So years later, when people said of Him, “He has done all things
well” (Mark 7:37), we’re not surprised. He had always been doing all things well.
Mark's gospel records how He transformed a man’s life, rather
than a block of wood. The man had been deaf and mute, and Jesus gave him hearing and speech. When the crowd saw the miracle, their praise found its way into Scripture: He has done all things well!
- He chooses His own well. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide... John 15:16
- He pays completely the debt of our sins. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Hebrews 10:14
- He keeps working in our lives. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6
- He prepares a wonderful place for us. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. John 14:2-3
- He never stops praying for us. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25
Even when life seems extra hard and God seems
far away, Jesus is still at work. He's cutting away at our rough lives, shaping and carving and sanding, to make us solid, functional, and one day, beautiful. He still does all things well.
