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A CHOSEN VESSEL
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
Acts 9:6-16

John 15:15-16

 

“Ye have not chosen me,

but I have chosen you…”

 

A CHOSEN VESSEL
 
When God saves a person, He has a mission for him. A single cell in a living organism has its own function no matter how small and invisible it may be. Everything in God’s decree is always good from His creation to His plan of salvation. Nothing is vestigial in the physical body of man, or non-functional in the spiritual body of Christ. Therefore, the very first question Saul uttered after his conversion must be a model for all who come to Christ by grace through faith.
 
The question: With fear and amazement, realising the privilege of personally meeting the risen Christ, Saul sought God’s purpose for him. Every believer must understand how great the mercy and grace of God are for Him to deliver him out of condemnation. The words that must come out of his mouth next to thanksgiving are to ask what God’s will for his life is. This authenticates the heartfelt gratitude of the newly converted.
 
The answer: Jesus’ answer, conveyed to Saul through Ananias, was: “to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel” (Acts 9:15). This was a heavy task for Saul. It is an answer which we will not wish to hear for ourselves. He was to become an apostle to the Gentiles, people whose minds were not set to receive the truth of Christ, and who were ignorant of the prophecies about Him. He was to face kings, the magistrates of the land, whose authority and power were overwhelming. Lastly, he was to testify to the children of Israel, who were supposed to be the stewards of the oracles of God but were themselves blind to the truth of the Messiahship of Jesus of Nazareth.
 
Saul’s life before salvation was used by the enemy to carry out his purpose. His life was fixed through salvation, and then he could be of use to God. Are you profitable as a vessel of the Lord’s? When you meet Him face to face, will He say to you, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord” (Matt 25:21, 23)?
 
THOUGHT: Am I greatly thankful to God for my salvation?

PRAYER: Father, all glory be unto Thee, to Thy Son, and to Thy Spirit.

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