Have you ever asked yourself, ‘Am I really using everything I’ve been given?’ Maybe there’s a talent, a skill, a resource, or even a part of your personality that you’ve quietly sidelined. Not because it isn’t valuable, but because you’re unsure how to use it, or maybe you lack the confidence to step up in that particular area.
You wonder if it really matters, or assume someone else can do it better.
This week we learn about the wagons and oxen designated to transport the Mishkan, the holy Tabernacle in the desert. Everything in G-d’s house was of the highest quality - gold, silver, fine materials - yet when it came to the practical needs of the Mishkan, only the exact amount of what was necessary was used. No extras. No fluff. Just the precise amount needed to fulfill its purpose to perfection.
This detail teaches us something powerful: G-d creates nothing unnecessary. Not in the Temple and not in you, a living Temple. If you’ve been gifted with something, a strength, an idea, a personality trait, a life experience, it is because it is essential. You are meant to use it as part of G-d’s master plan.
When we leave parts of ourselves untapped, when we say ‘not now’ or ‘not me,’ we may be leaving a part of G-d’s vision, for us and His world, incomplete.
You may already be doing a lot, but if there is still more you can give, in the same area or in a different one, know this: no one else can do it for you. G-d’s plan won’t be complete until you bring your full self to the table.
So today, ask yourself: What part of me have I left on the shelf? What gift have I set aside? Start using it now, in your own way, to make the difference only you can make.