Zebulun

"From Zebulun those who handle the staff of the scribe" [JFA Corrigida Fiel] (vs. 14). These men were also not qualified as warriors, but even so they came to the battle. As far as their skill set was concerned, they were completely inadequate for this work. The margin of our Bible (King James Version) says, "Those who draw..." These men were artists, of all things! They were far from being soldiers, but they came and were a help.

Sometimes we can get the idea that just because we do not have the gift for a specific service, we should not consider trying to be a help in that particular work. But that is a wrong idea. Paul told Timothy to "do the work of an evangelist," even though he was not an evangelist (2 Tim 4:5). It is a great word for us, and especially in a time of ruin in which those who possess a certain gift are not using it. Even more than before, we should try to take the place and be a help where we can. Some hide behind the fact that they do not possess the gift for a specific work and think that this excuses them. Well, that did not discourage those men of Zebulun.