CHOSEN VESSEL FOR GOD: Devotion for Wednesday March 9, 2016
Text: Acts 9:10 – 15 Memory verse: v 15
One proverbial saying of my people states that “When a thief has stolen to an extent, the custody of the house will be handed over to him.” Paul intensively persecuted the Church (Acts 9:1 & 2). From his testimonies later, he did those things out of zeal for God (Phil. 3:6) and in ignorance. Zeal without knowledge is catastrophic (Rom. 10:2). The statement of Paul in Acts 9:6a was a mark of surrender to God. This made God to mandate Ananias to go and help him out. Devil had used Paul so much so as to harden his heart but his experience on the road to Damascus was irresistible. He could not stand the power of God. When God was speaking with Ananias, He affirmed that Paul was a chosen vessel He will use. We know how much God used him. He was selected from that moment to preach the gospel of salvation by grace to the Jews and Gentiles alike (Gal. 1:15–17). He fulfilled that commission entrusted to him.
As Christians, God has chosen us as vessels unto righteousness to proclaim His praise (1 Pet 1:9). How are you fulfilling this? Paul persecuted the Church with zeal and God saw how useful that zeal will be in the propagation of the gospel by choosing him. Paul didn’t disappoint. God wants to use His gift in you and that is the reason He has chosen you as a Christian. How do you intend to be useful to God and humanity with that your gift? God didn’t choose you to become a liability to Him. He has invested in you. Therefore be a vessel unto honour.
Food for Thought: 2 Timothy 2:21
Prayer: Make me, O Lord, a vessel unto honour in your hand in Jesus name.
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