Title: My Chosen Vessel (Acts 9:10-15)
To say that we become God's people is too much for me to bear, and God
There are too many things that are lacking even in your eyes.
Moreover, it would be unthinkable and unimaginable for me to become a vessel used for God's work.
It was impossible.
But now we have become people of God, and we have become a plant to be used for God's work.
How grateful and inspiring are you?
We are not very spiritual people, and we are not loyal missionaries either.
Perhaps we are exhausted from our day-to-day lives, pressed for time and desperate to make a living and support ourselves.
People and tired people.
Perhaps embarrassingly prepared to be sent out to be sluggish and lazy before God or before men.
Maybe it's someone who hasn't been there.
Nevertheless, we have now become such noble people of God, and God has given us the most precious
It is the grace of God that God has called and established us for the work of God.
I did.
I will answer confidently as a vessel chosen by God and honorably called to the work of God.
Can you do it?
But don't worry or worry.
The Apostle Paul, the best missionary and evangelist, was called even in a worse situation than we are.
Became the best person
“(Acts 9:1) But Saul was still threatening and living with the disciples of the Lord, so he went to the high priest.”
" (Acts 9:2) I asked for letters to go to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if I met anyone who followed that way,
to bring men and women bound together to bring them to Jerusalem.”
Paul was intimidating when his name was Saul, and at times he threatened blackmail, and he was terrified to live.
He always creates an atmosphere of fear, catches those who believe in Jesus as soon as he sees them, and puts them in prison.
He was a cruel person.
However, Saul also met Jesus, became Paul, and preached the gospel to expand the kingdom of God.
I became a living witness.
(Acts 9:3) As Saul went on, as he approached Damascus, he suddenly saw a light from heaven shining all around him.
Jira"
(Acts 9:4) And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?
Are you pounding?"
“(Acts 9:5) He answered, “Who are you, Lord?” He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.”
Even a person who is this rough and brittle, even a person with an equal life and a quick temper, can
Even a person who did not like God very much because of his pride can greatly appreciate Jesus when he meets Jesus.
It can be used highly and preciously.
Saul, who persecuted Jesus, was also appointed as a man of God.
How can we become vessels to be used?
1. He raises up people who pray.
Saul now faces a miserable reality.
" (Acts 9:8) Saul got up from the ground, and his eyes were opened, but he saw nothing, and he was dragged away by a man's hand.
"Go into Damascus"
“(Acts 9:9) They did not see him for three days, and they stopped eating and drinking.”
He was blind and could not get up on his own, so he was dragged away from food and drink for three days.
I was in the worst part of my life.
In fact, men and women are bound to Jerusalem, regardless of what they see.
It's a completely different look than when you catch it.
It's a miserable figure that can't do anything anymore with a broken spirit and a broken self-esteem.
All.
Compared to the past, it will be a feeling of wanting to die and a feeling of wanting to give up everything.
As we go through life, we miss the splendid appearance of the past and there were times when I said that I was okay too
He may be in a state with his head down now.
However, Saul, or Paul, restored all these circumstances through prayer.
(Acts 9:11) And the Lord said, Arise, go to the street that is called a straight road, and from the house of Judah, Saul of Tarsus
Find a man named 'He is praying'
When we fall into the unthinkable and unimaginable level of humiliation in our lives.
can meet.
Even if you want to get up, you are more likely to sit still.
I want to be brave, but nothing happens when a more pessimistic ego wraps around me
You wouldn't want to.
But even in this state, it is nothing to those who pray.
Saul could become Paul because he prayed without relying on his own experience and ability.
Because you have achieved self-reform.
Anyone who wants self-healing and self-healing should pray.
Do not remain in a state of lack, do not sit down in a broken and broken state, but pray
I have to get up.
Prayer helps me overcome my circumstances and circumstances right now.
2. God uses the chosen vessel for the gospel.
There are various experts in various fields in the world.
There are production experts, there are public relations experts, there are sales experts, and there are repair experts.
So producers can't sell well, and PR experts can't do repairs (A/S) well.
As Christians, we must become experts in the gospel.
Even if you lack political power, even if you lack various means and skills in interpersonal relationships, you can use the gospel
It should be a bowl.
God uses the chosen vessel for the gospel.
" (Acts 9:15) "Go," said the Lord. This man will call my name among the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
It is my chosen vessel to preach before the field."
When Paul was Saul, he was fluent in knowledge and learning.
But at that time, he was an enemy of God and an object of wrath before God.
Now Saul became Paul who met Jesus, and he preached before the Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
It has become the vessel of Christ chosen for the purpose of living.
From then on, Paul's most joyful and grateful life began.
Even if God as a man seems a little lacking and foolish in the world, we
If we walk together and become the chosen vessel in God's sight, our future is guaranteed.
There is nothing more blissful than us opening up a guaranteed future.
May you be the chosen vessel for the gospel of Christ.
3. People of God must overcome hardships.
It takes unexpected hardships for us to become Christians and to be chosen vessels for the gospel.
There are times when you have to go through it.
There are times when I get ridiculed or ridiculed by so many people I've worked with in the past.
Sometimes, we only see the past and become suspicious or distrustful.
When Paul meets a person who has faced threats and lives in the past and followed the gospel of Jesus Christ,
Considering the abuse that men and women were bound to bring to Jerusalem (Acts 9:1-2), now
It will be easy to be suspicious and easy to be misunderstood.
However, we must overcome the hardship, persecution, and unbelief that come from it.
We must carry out our mission with the faith of patience and perseverance.
" (Acts 9:16) I will show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake.
do you"
Paul's path will not be easy.
You will be harmed and you will suffer for the name of Jesus Christ.
But Paul immediately went that route.
“(Acts 9:20) Immediately in every synagogue they proclaimed that Jesus was the Son of God.”
" (Acts 9:21) All who heard were astonished and said, "This is the man who calls this name in Jerusalem.
Wasn't he the wrecker who came here also bound them and brought them to the chief priests?
"Isn't that what you want to go?"
(Acts 9:22) Saul gained more strength to prove that Jesus was the Christ, and the Jews living in Damascus
subdued"
Eventually, the persecutor Saul was appointed the apostle Paul.
God's chosen vessel is established in this way.
Let's not feel inferior by thinking about the past, but instead, we should use God's vision and challenge for the future.
I hope that you will be used and established as your chosen vessel.