I Want To Be a Vessel For Honor

I always enjoy learning how to do new things. Over the past few days, I have been debating over what new hobby I am ready to take up. I've thought about taking a cake decorating class, a pottery class, or even scrapbooking. All of these things involve taking something from scratch and making a brand new creation--something beautiful, wonderful, and useful.

You know...our relationship with Christ is oh so very similar to these crafty hobbies! We are His clay and He is our Master Potter! We should desire to be molded and shaped by God--to be used by Him. He is so ready to turn us into a vessel of honor!

Let's take a look at cake decorating. We add beautiful colors and designs, putting our special touches on it to make it unique. Even when it doesn't turn out like we want it to on the outside...it can still be used. I mean...cake icing tastes yummy regardless of the design, right?

Well, God is ready to add His special touches to each and every one of you! He's ready to add His love, His hope, His blessings...and when He gets done, He is ready to pour you out to quench a thirsty world!

Even on the days when you feel broken and empty (just like the cake that didn't turn out like you wanted), God can still use you--just as long as you are firmly held in His grasp. He chose each of you because you have seen your own brokenness and have given every shattered piece to Him.

Let God mold you. Let Him fill you up. Let Him hold you. Let Him pour out His blessings through you.

I am unsure at this point which project I am going to pursue...but I am determined that in the end, I will have created something beautiful and useful. When God is done with each of us, we will be His beautiful creation as well. We will be able to fully experience the overflowing joys of being His vessel of honor!

"If anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work."-2 Timothy 2:21

Stay tuned...

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