ARE YOU A VESSEL FOR HONOUR? Devotion for Friday March 11, 2016

ARE YOU A VESSEL FOR HONOUR? Devotion for Friday March 11, 2016      

Text: 2 Timothy 2:19 – 21                Memory verse: v 21

The food for thought that ended our devotion for Wednesday is part of our text for today. Vessel unto honour literally means a vessel that is useful in honourable way. When God used Assyrians to punish Israel, they were useful in the hands of God but not for honour because they were punished at the end too. God requires us to be vessels unto honour for that was the reason behind our creation. Here, Paul admonishes us that we should be mindful of how we live our lives because God knows those who are His (2:19). Therefore everyone who is a Christian should depart from iniquity (2:19). The reason for this advice is in 2:20, so that we can become vessels unto honour. When we cleanse ourselves from all forms of defilement, we will become “Vessels for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.”

Have you cleansed yourself from all defilement? As a single or engaged Christian sister/brother, what is your secret life with your fiancé/fiancée? We can’t serve God and be useful in His hands when we are living in sin and compromise. To be a vessel unto honour we must avoid all forms of defilement be it in words, actions, reactions and deeds. Couples should be sincere in their relationships; we should love and be loveable, be at peace with all people and above all be sincere in our worship of God with faith in Christ Jesus.

Food for Thought: A sanctified life is pleasant to God and such is always a reliable instrument in His hands.

Prayer: God may I be a vessel unto honour in your house now and forever.