Weekly Pursuit – Week 4 of November
Verses:
Rom. 9:23 “In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory.”
Excerpts:
God has the authority to make us, whom He has selected and called, vessels of mercy to contain Him, that the riches of His glory may be manifested. God’s selection has a goal—to have many vessels to contain God and to express Him eternally. Yes, He loves us. However, His love is not only shown to save us but to make us His vessels. God created us in such a way that we are able to take Him into us and contain Him as our life and life supply, to the end that we be one with Him to express what He is and that He be glorified in us and with us. This is the eternal goal of God’s selection. It is also our eternal destiny.
This portion of the Word also unfolds the climax of our usefulness to God, which is not to be used by Him as servants, priests, and kings but as vessels to contain Him and express Him. If we are to be used as God’s vessels, surely He has to be one with us. We are His container and His expression; He is our content and our life. He lives in us that we may live by Him. He and we, we and He, eventually will be one both in life and in nature. This is the goal of His selection according to His sovereignty. It is also our destiny according to His selection, a destiny which will be fully revealed in the New Jerusalem. (Life-study of Romans, msg. 22)
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