Our Father looks upon many of His children with a grieved heart because they do not understand who they are in Christ. Many saints deem themselves unworthy of being vessels of God because of their past lives or because of the struggles they still may have. Being a vessel of God does not mean that you are perfect or qualified because you built this resume of works for God, we are vessels because we have said Yes to Jesus Christ, the Lord of our Lives and because we have a heart that is open and teachable. You have to look at the process of becoming a vessel God can use in this way:
Glass = You Soap = Sin Water = Word of God Faucet = Holy Spirit
We all should know that if we placed a tablespoon of soap in the bottom of a glass and then ran water in the glass we will see a cup full of bubbles. What we tend to do is see the sin in our lives and we read the word of God and think after a week or month, that the sin will disappear. That is equivalent to filling the glass up to the top and then immediately pouring the soapy water out. We look back in the glass and see a couple of bubbles still in the bottom so we repeat the process, we fill it back up and immediately pour out the water. There are two places to go from there, either go back through the process again which most saints will not because they just figure they will not be able to overcome this sin which disqualifies them in their mind from being able to be used by God. The other is to keep with the process and stay on this cycle of filling up and then pouring out and yet still seeing some of the residue. Their spiritual life stays in the infancy stage because they continue to focus on the sin, their vessel is so preoccupied that they are not available to be used. The process we should use is displacement, which is to keep the glass under the faucet of water until all the bubbles have been processed and all that is flowing out is pure water. This way it is not us doing the work of emptying ourselves out, but we allow the Holy Spirit to do the work. As we come into our relationship with Christ and we just continue to feast on the Word of God, it will process the areas of our lives that need to be rinsed out. A vessel can only give to others the substance of which it is filled up with. In our maturity we want to stay connected to the faucet so that we can continue to over flow from the Holy Spirit so that we will not just give the water but we will connect others to the source!!! If we continue to allow the Word of God to flow into our vessels we will have an overflow which will result in the work of God being done through us for His glory. That is to say all we have to do is be the glass which is an open vessel and fill ourselves with the Word of God, have teachable hearts, and allow the Holy Spirit to do the rest!!! The works will all come in God’s timing!!! Be Encouraged!!! Have a wonderful life of being a vessel God can Use on purpose!!!!!
1 Timothy 1
The Lord’s Grace to Paul
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment