Purpose Study Bible 152: Make a Snake

No sooner than Moses had gotten into trouble for striking the rock, the people were complaining again about their living conditions so the Lord sent venomous snakes among them. When the people confessed their sin, Moses prayed for them and then the Lord spoke:

“Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived" (Numbers 21:8-9).

The people would have been in trouble if Moses did not have the creative ability to make a snake from the metal bronze. For him to do what he did meant that he had to shape and fashion the snake from heated metal and then finalize its likeness into a reasonable facsimile. We know that this replica lasted for centuries because we learn much later in the history of Israel that the people still had and were worshiping the snake on the pole. That indicates Moses did a good work on the project because it endured desert heat and multiple moves.

Is the Lord asking you to do something with your creativity? Are you dismissing it as not important or irrelevant? What latent creative skill do you have that you don't think much of, take for granted, or have forgotten about and thus neglected? You may want to ask the Lord to help you answer that question and then ask Him if and how He wants you to put what He shows you to good use.