But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanse himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. 2Timothy 2:20-21
It's that time of the year again! I'm sure just like me, you are feeling very positive about the upcoming year 2016.
Perhaps some of you have started writing down some new year' resolutions.
Do you want to know what I think about 2016? I will tell you;It's the year of the LORD!
Oh yeah, so much the year of the Lord, just as 2015 is, was and would always be.
And don’t get me wrong. Me saying “it is the year of the Lord is not as a result of a revelation gotten from God”, but on the contrary, based on my knowledge of the fact that each day in the year 2016 is the day that the Lord has made. Just like He made the days in 2015.
You will agree with me that if the days in 2016 belongs to God, it’s not rocket science to figure out that the entirety of the year 2016 also belongs to Him.
If the above line of thoughts are correct and true, of which I know they are. Then I will like to channel your attention towards something I believe everyone of us should be focusing on at this time of the year.
And that is; How to be used by God in whatever ways He seems fit in 2016.
I believe in resolutions. I believe in writing down goals and aspirations for the future, but the only challenge I seems to be facing lately is my inability to write down for myself goals that God has not really asked me to, or aspirations that seems to be the total opposite of what God has ordained for me from the foundation of the earth.
This is one reason I believe that the year 2016 is my year of the wonders of God' word!
The last time I checked with Him, He instructed me to give a voice to His word, by "responding to the world with the word"
Just like me, I believe so many of you are wondering what you are going to tag your 2016. Just some advice; call it the same name as the assignment God has given to you when He saved you.
Call it what He had purposed for you to do with Him here on earth. When you do this, you will discover a fresh zeal to pursue His call for your life.
Haven said so much, let me leave you with two practical ways to be used by God.
1. Purge yourself of the latter.2Timothy 2:21.
The latter could be anything. It could be your lukewarmness towards His word. It could be a bad habit or character such as strife, spiritual laxity, etc. The latter constitute of anything that hinders us from entering into the fullness of our assignment with Him.
2. Laying hold of the very thing for which Jesus laid hold on you.Philippians 3:12
In the issue of been used by God. Laying hold of the very thing for which God laid hold of you is key. To be called or saved is one thing, but finding out why we are called (saved) is a different ball game.
As simple as this may sound, it’s one thing that distinguished the successful from the unsuccessful In every plains of life.
Friends, if 2016 must be of any significance in our lives. We must have to purge our selves of the latter. If we must achieve all that God has purposed for us in the upcoming year, we must discover and lay hold of the very thing for which Christ Jesus laid hold on us.
God bless you, and I wish all of you a blissful 2016!
