Thursday, September 3, 2015

Chosen Vessels for Honour



UV 1518/10,000 Chosen Vessels for Honour

The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

Deuteronomy 7 v 7

The Lord did not choose us on account of our greatness, our accomplishments, our power, our talents, abilities or our character. We were the most insignificant of people. We were so few and so small in number, stature, status and strength. Yet the Lord set His love on us. He chose us by His grace and His grace alone. His favour rested on us as He can show compassion on whom He choses and mercy to those He decides. He first chose us to receive mercy and grace by propitiation with the blood of the divine Lamb- Jesus. He thereby first demonstrated His great love for us for He paid for us with a price so high. It is only thereafter that we set our love upon our Saviour’s name. He rewarded us with many blessings, longevity and eternal life.


God Himself set an example for all leaders that the leader ought to first take the step to demonstrate his love. Leadership is more an exercise of love than of power. We extend grace and mercy to people around us not because they deserve it but as the Lord Himself showed us that this is the way to win people. Indeed, “behold what manner of love the Father has shown unto us that we should be called the children of God.” We can reciprocate to this love by reflecting the leadership qualities of the Father and of the Son Jesus. The third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is given unto us to help us be a reflection of the Lord.


The Lord has the power of the Potter over his clay. We are the clay He has collected before His divine oven. The troubles, torments and travails of this world are the fire that He has lit to shape our character and our lives. He does not want us to be half baked and brittle. He desires to strengthen us with the heat of the flame. But He will not let the fire destroy us. He wants us to be a vessel of honour for Him, a work of art that He can take pride and find pleasure in. A pot can be used to hold water to quench thirst or it can hold oil or milk. It can also contain poison and that which is contaminated. The Lord desires to fill this earthen pot, our bodies with the Holy Spirit and the treasures of His kingdom, the knowledge and wisdom of the Lord. We are the earthen vessels of Gideon’s Force 300 that hold a burning fire torch to provide light and direction to people, to wrest victory against the many strongholds of this world.

Prateep V Philip

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