THE VESSEL AND THE ANOINTING

 Every vessel God uses is subject to God’s standard and must live in His pattern. 

 ‘And, Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar and burnt incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David  Josiah by name; and upon the shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee…… 1 King 13:1-3’

The young prophet from Judah was highly anointed and obedience to God. He performed miracle with signs following, confirming the word of the Lord. The young prophet heard God’s instruction not to eat anything nor drink anything or visiting any place. He did that to some extent refusing the offer from the King and telling the old prophet what God told him. The old prophet lied to the young prophet and deceive him to disobeyed God.

Any vessel in God’s hand must at all-time be loyal to God and follows His pattern and His will and not the will of the vessel (i.e the individual) in God’s hand.  Every vessel in God’s hand has a specific area in His household that He wants him to function and this goes with a price and God demand the vessel (i.e. the individual) to pay it in full, not half-way. The young prophet ended his ministry not because he refused the task nor failed to pay price, he did it half-way. He obeyed the Old prophet who said an angel of the Lord had told him to invite the him to his house instead of obeying God’s instruction, don’t ear nor drink, nor visit any place in this assignment. “And the king said unto him the man of God” come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. And the man of God said unto the king, if thou will give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: For so was I charged by the word of the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou came. I Kings 13: 7- 9.”

Every vessel in God’s hand must at all-time learn how to pay the price at time at all cost. Always pray to God to takes away anything that might prevent Him from using as a vessel from your life. Minister should always pray against forces that fight against their ministry at all time.  

Mistakes that end the young prophet ministry

Disobedience: He obeyed the old prophet instead of God. Every vessel in God’s hand most be heart-broken and loyal at all-time no matter what it may cost. Doing the task according to God’s perfect will and not self-will

He failed to ask for mercy: The young prophet could have asked for God’s mercy when he heard the prophecy from the old prophet. Being used by God does not exempt God from judging our deeds and action.

Prayer points

God give me the grace to finish well in Jesus’ name Amen. 

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THE PRICE OF BEING A VESSEL IN GOD'S HAND

 Being a vessel in the hands of God is not by chance but a choice. 

Table of content 

• Being a vessel in God's hands

• Price of being a vessel in God's hand

• Purity

• The fruit of the spirit 

• Permanently connected to God

• Fellowship 

• The pattern 

• Prayer points

“THE word  which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house and there I will cause you to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house and , behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, can’t I do with you as this potter ? saith the Lord. Behold as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel…. Jeremiah 18:1-6 ” 

BEING A VESSEL IN GOD'S HAND

Becoming a vessel in the hands of God is not by chance, it is a choice and that decision goes with prices.  In Isaiah 6, God was looking for someone (a useful vessel) to pass His message to Israel despite there were many prophets in those days yet God was still looking for who to send.

THE PRICE OF BEING A VESSEL IN GOD'S HAND

Becoming a useful vessel in God’s hand involves the following and God demand a full measure of it.

PURITY

Purity Ephesian 5: 1-4 : God demand that you should be pure before you can be a useful vessel in His hand. Purity attract the power of God in your life. Isaiah could not hear what God was saying until he was purged “And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo this hath touched thy lips, and thin inquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Ish. 6: 7”. The level of God’s power (the anointing ) in your life is a function of how pure (i.e the extend you have allow the word of God to produce God’s holiness in you) before God

THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

The fruits of the spirit Eph.5:9 : You must have passion for what God is assigning to you and you must do it with love. God is a spirit and the vessels that He uses most possess some of His attributes and that what is referred to as the fruits of the spirit.

YOU MUST BE PERMANENTLY CONNECTED TO GOD

·        You must be permanently connected to God: As a believer, your first dwelling place is God’s presence. “The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob Ps 87:2 Kjv” Dwelling in His presence gives you maximum protection, provision, revelation, divine health and long life and prosperity. Ps.91

FELLOWSHIP 

·        Fellowship : Through fellowship intimacy with God is being established and at this point you begin to established your work with God. God told Abraham, work before me and be ye perfect.

PATTERN

·        The pattern (Ps 1: 1-3, Jeremiah 18: 1-10) : In the potter’s house there are many objects made out of the clay sand. After points 1-4, the next is to ascertain the area God wants you to function. Does God want you to be a healing minister or an evangelist, a prophet or a teacher. Once you find out the area God want you to function, please remain the line of ministry  

PRAYER POINTS

• Holy Ghost move upon my life, anything preventing God from marking me a vessel in His hand take it away in Jesus' name
• Holy Ghost move upon my life, show me my ministry 
• God make me a useful vessel in Jesus' name.

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THREE LEVELS OF ANOINTING

 There are three level of anointing;

1.     The anointing you have when you are born again,

2.     The anointing base on the office you occupy in the household of  God.

3.     The anointing you have base on your work with God (i.e Seeker of His presence.

THE ANOINTING YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARE BORN AGAIN

God asked Adam where he was, not because God didn’t know where he was, but because God saw he had lost the dominion He gave Adam to rule as the King of the earth (And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where are thou?.........Gen. 3: 9-18) to Lucifer (And the devil said unto Him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me;…….. Luke 4: 6).

The day you gave your life to Christ is a remarkable day in your life. That day mark a rebirth of your spirit. The vain that separate you from His presence was cut off. From that day you became connected to God through the Holy Spirit. A measure of  His anointing was bestowed upon you and you became a member of the house hold of God. Lucifer no longer have dominion over you except you permit him. You permit to exercise dominion in your domain when you are prayer-less, When you are prayerful he becomes powerless in your life.

“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons and daughter of God, even to them that believes on His name John 1:12”

THE ANOINTING BASE ON THE OFFICE YOU OCCUPY IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD

Being a Christian is good, but being a worker in your local church is better. The day you accept any responsibility to work in the house of God, God increase your anointing to fit in that position and give you the grace to pilot the affair of members of the household of God.

THE ANOINTING YOU HAVE BASE ON YOUR WORK WITH GOD (THE SEEKER OF HIS PRESENCE)

To be a vessel in the hand of God or an instrument God have decided to use, there are sacrifices and prices you need to pay. Becoming a useful vessel in the hands of God is not by chance, it is by choice. It is a choice you must make. Isaiah saw the Lord, and he felt so worthless in God’s presence, He condemn himself and the mercy of God moved an Angel to touch his mouth and Isaiah  was changed and became someone who was connected to God and he could hear God’s voice. The first sacrifice  or price  you need to pay to become a useful vessel in God’s hand is that you must be heart broken. “The sacrifices of God are a heart broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise Psalm 51: 17”

Not until Isaiah was heart -broken, He could not hear anything from the Lord, despise he was in His presence. “ In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried……………… And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying who shall I send, and who will go for us ? Then said I , Here I am; send me. Isaiah 6:1-8”

Isaiah had to make himself available for the Master; he became a useful vessel in the hands of God.

Prayer point

·        God make me a useful vessel in your hand in Jesus.

·        God brings out the best in me to showcase your glory in this generation

·        Holy Ghost incubate my life in Jesus mighty name Amen!!!

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