In Exodus chapter thirty-one, verse three, where God was speaking to Moses about a specific person getting filled with His Spirit. The idea of being “filled with the Spirit of God” means spiritual equipping and enabling service to God and teaching others. It is appropriate under the new covenant to pray that the Spirit will give us both physical skills and spiritual gifts to fulfill the will of God for our lives. Not with the special graces of the Spirit, or with spiritual gifts fitting for spiritual service in the knowledge of spiritual things, and the instruction of men in them, though, no doubt, he might have them; but with the gifts of ingenuity and skill in manual arts, and mechanical operations, as follows:
These explain what is meant by the Spirit of God he was filled with; namely, with a sufficient measure of natural wisdom, knowledge, and understanding in all sorts of work. To qualify him for his office as a director therein; that is, he had such a share of knowledge of what was to be wrought, such wisdom and understanding in the ingenious and curious manner of working them, that though he did not work with his own hands, yet could teach, guide, and direct others how to do them: and this was not an ordinary but an extraordinary gift of knowledge of these things; nor was it owing to a fruitful invention, nor to long study and contrivance; but it was by the immediate inspiration of the Spirit of God, which was necessary at this time, the Israelites being now in a general state of ignorance of all ingenious arts and sciences, having lived so many years in a way of servitude, and scarce knew anything but making of bricks: and it may be observed, that God never calls any to any work or service of his but he qualifies for it: in all this Bezaleel was a type of Christ, who was filled with the Holy Spirit without measure; and on whom rested the Spirit of wisdom and of counsel, and in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge; and who, as God’s righteous and faithful servant as Mediator, dealt wisely and prudently in all his administrations.