DAY 1 THOUGHT
Peculiarities of Vessels.
This implies the things that are
common to vessels. It simply means that these are the things that are commonly
happens to them, and may not happen to another. These peculiarities include:
It Carries It’s Shape at The Wet State When Sets and Dry.
This implies that if a vessel is
being mould, the shape it will carry, or what it will look and be like forever
is the shape it allowed the potter to make it look like. The shape it will
carry or what it will look like depends upon the ease with which the potter finds
the vessel in his hand as he moulds. If the vessel looks beautiful or ugly, the
potter will determine but the vessel will be the cause of the potter’s final
decision. If the potter is molding and the clay mar in his hands; he has two
(2) options of what to do. He either breaks it into lump and remold again, or
he keeps it like that to dry. Jeremaiah 18:4.-and the vessel that he made was
marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed
good to the potter to make it.
But because the clay with which he
molds vessel is an inanimate object, he can wrought any kind of work to any
extent. But the vessels we talk about now is “man” with free will. How fast and
the outcome of the finished product (man as a vessel) is dependent on how
he/she yields his /her self to the potter or molder. For example, the molder
may see a wrong shape (which could be a character) and say, you are marring in
my hands by this character, let me scrape off this particular place or brake
your this part to remold again. Do you know you as the man has the capacity to
say no or ok, and endure the pains that will come upon you? Therefore as he is
in God’s hands as a vessel is dependent on how he was when wet, which is
dependent on his or her yielding.
Some Are To Honour While Some Are To Dishonour
“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 dishonor”. 2 Timothy 2:20
“In a great house”, the scripture
starts with there are not only vessels of gold… showing that in hierarchy
classification of superiors in a great house or kingdom, because gold is
superior to silver, and the silver is superior than others, yet all of them are
useful. Several of them, even that of wood is useful. Yet there are some of
gold, some of silver, some of wood and some of earthen that are unto honour and
unto dishonor respectively. This therefore became a good illustration to show
what is going on in the house of God where God makes uses of vessels.
For example when you come into a
fellowship, people have their pattern and ideology of classifying men. Take for
example, the president of a fellowship or pastor of a church as a golden class
or even some of the wing leaders as gold vessel (group of happenings). Then may
be other leaders that are not strong as the pastor/president and others as the
silver. Others as wood and the rest the earthen according to their superiority
in the eyes of men. Now did you discover that irrespective of their
superiority, there are some people in the lower class (may be just ordinary
member that may not even have stayed up to one year in the church or
fellowship) that is very useful than some people in the gold class. People see
the leaders as the golden vessels because they are leaders, yet most and some
of them are to dishonor than the wood vessel that is to honour. Did you get the
picture? Okay!
Now, have you not seen a furniture
vessel, or for instance the ceramics plates we use these days that are even
breakable, People prefers it to glass plate now. Reason- because of its beauty,
attractive nature, good looking and extremely beautiful, people dies for it,
yet it is made of clay. This is as the result of the clay allowing the potter
to bring out the best that is in it. But have you not seen some gold vessels
that are shapeless and not well furnished? Nobody wants to celebrate and take
that one home. Some can only manage it because of its colour. So this in tells
that there are no material that is useless or that is not honourable. If clay
yields to fire, it’s best will come out. If wood yields to scraping and
chiseling, it’s best will appear, likewise gold and silver. For example, if
silver refuses the taken away of the drosses, no man will take and use it for
anything. So it is in the great house of God.
The office or the position one is
given does not matter here. What matters
is how best the vessel has allowed the potter or the maker to bring out the
best in him. It doesn’t matter being the pastor of a church or a president of a
fellowship, secretary, bible study teacher etc. all those things are just
title. Even an ordinary member or the usher in his/her clayish or woodish
material can outshine the pastor/president. Thus some are to honour and some to
dishonor.
There Is No Expansivity In Case of the Vessels Containing capacity/Volume
Another thing that makes vessel
useful is the vessels ability to contain victuals. Its volume determines what
it will contain or carry. How deep a man’s life is determines how much God can
use that man. A flat plate cannot be used for every purpose. A deep plate can
serve virtually all purpose, in serving food to people: and what God uses
vessels to do is to serve his people and generations. So if a vessel is flat,
the purpose it will serve is already limited than the purposes a deep plate
will server.
Now the truth is this: every vessel
with its containing ability depends upon its volume at the point of molding.
The volume after molding and when set can not be expanded again. Although God
himself chooses what to make every each of us, yet it is we that determines
what the final and end results of our vessel (life) will be. This is because of
our self will.
NB: If your volume content ability is
not much, or it is flat as a vessel, then you have limited purpose to serve in
the purpose of God and your generation. But if your (life) volume is as deep as
God has designed/prescribe, then eyes have not seen, nor has it entered the
ears of men, what God will use your life to accomplish.
Yielding to the potter is the only
solution to what God is saying, and the potter is God.
It is Unamendable/Unremoldable If
Breakage Occurs After Setting in Takes Place
Whenever vessel dries, or setting in
takes place, it’s material becomes strong, stiff, offsecure and un useable for
molding. If crack appears on the vessel, parching it up may be the next
solution but may not prevent leakage. Even though the crack may be patchable,
it will not prevent the alteration in the appearance to disappear.
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