OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-06/07/2016-THE BLAMELESS VESSEL-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
THE BLAMELESS VESSEL
Memorise
Depart
ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the
midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. Isaiah 52:11
Read
1st Timothy 3:1-7,
1This is a true saying, if a
man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A
bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of
good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not
given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a
brawler, not covetous;
4 One
that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all
gravity;
5 (For
if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the
church of God?)
6 Not a
novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the
devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them
which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
KJV
MESSAGE
One thing that anyone who wants to be used
by God should bear in mind is the need to be blameless. This is the
prerequisite for a child of God who wants to serve God at any level. The Bible
says in 1st Timothy 3:1-2a:
“This is a true
saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A
Bishop then must be blameless….”
Being blameless has two advantages: Firstly,
it saves the vessel the calamity of being destroyed by the User, the Almighty
God. When a person volunteers to serve the Lord, it is dangerous for the fellow
to be unclean, because the holiness of God destroys unclean vessels, just like
electric current without insulation. There is a measure of holiness that God
Himself bestowed upon man through obedience to His Word, which qualifies man to
serve Him. The Bible says concerning Isaiah, how he admitted his sinful state,
then God purified and cleansed him of his iniquity to qualify as a true prophet
(Isaiah 6:5). Then, the angel of the Lord came and touched him with fire
from Heaven and he was purged of his iniquity. Here, we see the mercy of God
upon the vessel that He decided to use for His glory. There is a lesson we must
learn from this scripture: the prophet admitted his sinful state and God came
to his aid for cleansing. How wonderful would it be if those who profess to be
children and ministers of God will be homely with the verdict of God concerning
the Adamic nature of man and surrender to His holiness for mercy?
The second advantage of a blameless vessel
is that his life glorifies the Almighty God. God is honoured in his life and He
shows-off the fellow, then ultimately prospers and protects him eternally.
“And the Lord said
unto Satan, has thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in
the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth
evil?”
Job 1:8
Through Job suffered many trials, but just
as the Bible says, his end was better than his beginning;
“So the Lord blessed
the latter end of Job more than his beginning….”
Action Point
Father, I want to be
blameless, please help me to live a life of obedience to Your Word and let Your
Name be glorified in my life.
Bible in one year
Acts 27:28, Song of Solomon
8:8-14
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