sooo, this week i’ve been stuck on a passage…mainly due to my LAC K of time reading…but also because of the thought contained in just two verses…i’m reading in second timothy chapter two…i come to this little analogy of utensils and what they are used for and even why that is…check it out…
20 In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use. 21 If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
that’s nothing earth shattering really…especially with thanksgiving coming up…i can remember my grandma or my great aunt always having the big wooden box of silverware each year…polished to perfection of course…it was only brought out for the big holiday gatherings when the whole family was there…i get the point…
i guess the thing that is sticking out to me the most is that there is only ONE requirement given to be…
a special utensil…
if you keep yourself pure…that’s it…that’s the only instruction or requirement given…sounds simple enough right??? i mean there is only ONE step…and now that i’m a parent and have the great pleasure of putting together toys and children’s furniture…ONE step instructions are my kind of instructions!!!
but it’s really not that simple is it…there are sooo many aspects to the concept of being pure…in heart…in mind…in actions…in motives…and of course that one that will come to the mind of most reading this…being sexually pure…it really isn’t a set of ONE step instructions after all…
however it is still something that every follower of Christ should be striving for…every day we should be asking God to show us the areas of our lives that need some purifying…we should be allowing him to purify us…we should be seeking the help of other brothers and sisters in Christ…we should…
but do we??? do i???
i really don’t want to be one of the cheap ones…i pray that you don’t either…sooo i ask you to seek God today and ask Him what areas in your life need His purifying…then allow Him to do just that…to make you…
a special utensil…
This reminded me of something that the Holy Spirit said to me a few weeks ago. He told me that there are the ones seeking him. And then there are the others. The fact that the only description given to the non-seekers was “the others” is what really bothered me. I never want to be part of “the others”. If we are not actively seeking him, well, what ARE we seeking…