The Illustrated GospelSample

VESSEL OF GLORY

Our salvation is of the Lord and for His glory. He has saved our souls to change our lives. Each Christian is a unique vessel of God created in Christ Jesus for good works. No two are alike, but ALL are to be like Christ.

In Christ, we are not only JUSTIFIED: declared righteous in God’s sight through faith in Jesus Christ; we are also SANCTIFIED: set apart, made holy, a vessel for God’s glory. Baker’s Dictionary helpfully explains sanctification like this: “a person or thing set apart for the use intended by its designer. A pen is ‘sanctified’ when used to write. Eyeglasses are ‘sanctified’ when used to improve sight. In the theological sense, things are sanctified when they are used for the purpose God intends. A human being is sanctified, therefore, when he or she lives according to God’s design and purpose.”

We have been set apart for His glory. We want to fully engage with Him humbly, submissively, obediently, and faithfully in that process. He will do it, but He is calling you to humbly submit to His work in your heart.

TAKE THE TRUTH TO HEART

What was God’s purpose in redeeming you? You have been saved to be a vessel of God’s glory and not your own glory. Yet, the default setting of our flesh is to find worth in achievement, accomplishment, accolades, and attention. The flesh demands attention and craves glory. But we have been saved for Christ and His glory! We have been saved to lose ourselves in Christ!

Ask the Lord to help you become a fully devoted vessel for His glory and His alone.

Close in Prayer: O Lord, help me. I have been saved to be a vessel of your glory and not my own. Help me turn my gaze toward Jesus. Help me turn away from my self-focused and self-centered living and instead live for Christ and Him alone. Help me truly believe the gospel. I want to believe the gospel so fully that I lose myself to become fully who I have been created to be in Christ! I want my life to be distinctively gospel-driven. I want to live for Jesus just as He did for me. I want to be willing to die to myself so that Christ would live in me. In Jesus’ name, I pray.

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