Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt
I have always loved the passage in 2nd Corinthians where Paul illustrates this is so well: "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bond servants for Jesus' sake. For it is the God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us" (2 Corinthians 4:5 – 7).
Until we have lowered the assessment of our own value to the level of an "earthen vessel," we can be of little or no use to the Father. But once we have believed what God has revealed to us about who we really are without him, there is no limit to what He can do through us. A vessel that's considered intact and invaluable on the outside but dirty on the inside is of no value to Him. But even a broken vessel – if it's been scrubbed clean by God's grace – can be put into a place of His choosing and used to refresh all who come near.
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