Day 7 - Saturday January 13 - It’s All About Jesus - Jesus is My Sanctifier
Jesus is My Sanctifier (Jehova Makeddish).
It literally means we are set apart.
God takes this imperfect vessel and makes it special.
God has a call on your life to make a difference and so He wants to set you apart for that call.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10 ..(NIV)
He had a plan for your life before you were you.
But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, [a]sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 2 Timothy 2:20-21 (NKJV)
Some have varying degrees of how you know and understand your purpose.
I like this. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself. It doesn’t say God does this, it is something that we have to be intentional to do.
We want to become a vessel of honor (fine dining dishes or paper plates). The fine china you only take out for special occasions and purposes unlike the ordinary paper plates.
For example, a pizza box - nothing special about it - but
It needed to be Empty
2. It needed to be Clean
That’s what we're praying
Empty ourselves of our past.
Empty ourselves of our plans. Empty of what we wanted in it to let God put His plans in.
We’re going to be clean.
We’re going to have a Clean Body.
Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
We are going to have a Clean Mind.
When we do this, we can be the fine china for the Lord and ready for those unique and special purposes that He has for us.
