THE VESSEL GOD USES 2

Voice of Eden (episode 215)

Thur. 25th March 2021

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝟐

𝟐 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝟐:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟏

𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑; 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚛. 𝙸𝚏 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛, 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔.

𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝,

How have you been used by God to serve Heaven's purpose this week? Jesus said in John 5:17, my Father is always at His work to this very day, and so am I. That makes it so obvious that even if God isn't always speaking, He is always working, therefore He is always making use of His vessels.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞.

I found something interesting from our scripture for the week: God is not about to look down on any vessel because it was made of wood or clay, in fact, He designs every vessel differently because they have different roles to play.

A vessel of clay or wood should not feel less honored than that of gold or silver. What dishonors a vessel is not its nature, but its purity. The clay would be greatly honored if it purges itself of all iniquity. 

𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.

On Monday, I said purity isn't the only benchmark for God to use a vessel. Let's look at a few other criteria from verse 21.

 𝟏. 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: This is the process of being holy. Understand that purity and holiness are different; while purity is being clean, holiness is being set apart. The vessel God uses must not be pure alone, it must be set apart. God sets you apart. Choose today to be different. Enjoy your uniqueness and don't try to feel among or joined everyone. Your assignment is in your uniqueness!!!

𝟐. 𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞:The first place scripture used the word "meet" as in suitable is in Genesis, it was used for the man and his wife. If God chooses to use a vessel, the vessel isn't only clean and set apart, that vessel is suitable; it meets the need at hand. God doesn't just set us (vessels) apart, He also makes use suitable for the master's use.

𝟑. 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝: I always say God does not use a vessel He hasn't tested. The test is not to make any vessel fail, but it is to prepare the vessel. God prepares every vessel that purges himself unto every good work. 

Not all works are good works even if they look good. If the intent was to glorify one's self and not God, it is a dead work. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬!!!!

God bless you

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