Bernard Fell preaches about Jesus, the Carpenter of Nazareth, highlighting His wisdom, mighty works, and sovereignty as the Healer and Controller of all things. Despite His divine nature, Jesus humbly toiled in a shop, showcasing perfect workmanship and skillfulness. Just like a joiner's shop, the world is where Jesus continues to work in our lives, shaping us for His purposes with care and discipline, enhancing our character through life's storms.

Is not this the Carpenter? Mark 6:3 The Carpenter of Nazareth! "Who is He?" was the cry; "Whence hath this Man this wisdom deep?" His mighty works reply- The Healer of all dread disease, Controller of the sea, Who flung a trillion stars in space, The Sovereign Lord is He! Yet in that humble shop He toiled With hammer, plane, and saw; And many a needed useful thing Passed through that Joiner's door. How perfect was the work He wrought With skillfulness of hand! No carpentry was e'er like that, No workmanship so grand! The world is like a joiner's shop; His hands still work anew To make lives useful for the tasks He has assigned to do. With utmost care He seeks the trees The tempests have withstood; The storms that test will but enhance The graining of the wood. Hark! in the Master Craftsman's shop The sound of tools is heard, The saw of discipline at work, The hammer of His Word; Love's gentle plane smooths out the way His purpose to fulfil; The tenon of our life must fit The mortise of His will. O take this poor material, Lord, Thy gracious work begin, Until Thy likeness is ingrained Indelibly within. Then in a world so deep in need, Fresh from Thy hand to be, Useful, sincere, without veneer, An instrument for Thee.