The Work of God and the purpose of God in eternity demands a human instrument for their fulfillment. Where is a vessel that God can pour into in this generation? If there is a vessel presented, HEAVEN will pour into it.
2 Kings 4:1-6 (KJV)
1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Heaven never ran out of Oil, the earth ran out of Vessels. Without a prepared vessel the flow will not be as easy, it will stop. God is looking for vessels in this generation that He can pour Himself into.
Being a vessel is not easy when it is put on the potter's wheel. It has to go under the hand as it is placed on the potter's wheel. It will be molded into a certain kind of vessel. It is shaped different and it is under pressure from the hands that is molding it.
Next, once the vessel is made to the image of the vision in the mind of the hands that is molding it, from there it has to go under the fire to be made hard to endure. God is not looking for a hard heart, He is looking for a solider who can endure hardness. (2 Tim. 2:3)
God is looking for vessels that does not care what the world says or the worlds message but to rise up and set your faces like flint.
Isaiah 50:7 "For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed."
The world wants you to be ashamed for what you stand for. The world would have you believe that we are to hard, harsh, no love but that is backwards. We do respond by speaking truth "in love" to those who will hear. Love is a corrective thing. To love someone is to tell them the truth. God is looking for a generation that will set their faces like flint and tell the truth.
FLINT: "When struck against steel, a flint edge will produce sparks. The hard flint edge shaves off a particle of the steel that exposes iron which reacts with oxygen from the atmosphere and can ignite the proper tinder." Wikipedia
The world is a hard place but it takes something hard against the flint so it will produce a spark and through the oxygen of the Holy Spirit, so it will ignite a fire of Revival around you and others
Don't doubt God when you are in the fires being forged into a vessel. Joseph in the scriptures is a perfect example. He was in the right place at the right time for the right purpose. Though Joseph, thousands were saved from the seven year famine.
About a 120 in the Upper Room at Jerusalem was forged in the fire to be a vessel to reach the known world at that time. They did not coward down to through around them or to those who disagreed. They had boldness once they became a vessel forged in the fire.
After the Upper Room experience we read:
Acts 4:13 "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."
Acts 4:13 "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus."
Do you want to be a vessel in this generation with boldness? Do you want those around you to take knowledge that you have been with Jesus? God is raising up the youth of this generation. At this present writing, there is a Revival among the youth in W.Va. where many are giving their hearts to the Lord. With each passing day and the world under stress, this is our only hope, to become a willing vessel, a yielding vessel so Heaven can pour into us on earth to fulfill His commission to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. I want to be the yielded vessel in the master's hands.
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