God has fashioned each of us as a vessel for His use. As God’s vessel, we contain His glory and the knowledge of Him. We should become the best vessel we can be and allow God’s life and love to pour out of us to others.
How to Hear God’s Voice—In Christ – Facilitator Manual, Main Principle for Lesson 1
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Part of the task of discipleship is showing Christians how they can work together in unity with other believers. In the Hearing God’s Voice course we looked at how to individually hear God’s voice. In this course we consider how to corporately hear God’s Voice, as the body of Christ.
When we learn who we are and how God intends us to operate, we will complement each other, not compete with each other. When the Holy Spirit is allowed to minister through us in an orderly way, showing respect for each person, there will be greater unity in the body of Christ.
We are vessels of God, carrying in us something very valuable—the knowledge of God’s identity and character— in order to be able to give it to others.
We, like the clay, must be warmed by God’s love and His presence in our lives. As He kneads us and works with us, we are shaped by Him. He endows us with giftings and abilities that can be used to build up the Church and to reach out to the lost.
If we allow God to apply the heat—the purifying fire of the Holy Spirit—we will be of greater service to Him.
In order to be of greatest use to God, we need to ask ourselves the following questions: “Is the living water within me going out to other people or is it held back like a dam?” and “Am I allowing the Holy Spirit to use me as His vessel so that His life pours out of me to benefit others?”
The reason we are made to be God’s chosen vessels is so that we can generously love. This was Jesus’ plea to the Father on our behalf: John 17:20–26. So Let us join our hearts in prayer and ask the Lord to bring unity to the Body of Christ, that we may be one as the Father and Son are one.
