WITNESS
9-7-13
FROM EARTHLY VESSELS TO HEAVENLY
BODIES
We are earthly vessels
But we are designed
To CARRY something
And what we are DESIGNED to
carry
IS THE WORD OF GOD
A vessel is designed as a
container
(ie. a bottle-a bowl-a cup-etc.)
For holding something
And in that something-that
person-that body
IS INFUSED with a quality like faith, hope,
Love, grace, etc.
“And in him you too
ARE being built to become
A dwelling place
IN WHICH GOD LIVES BY HIS SPIRIT” Ephesians 2:22
I don’t know about you
But my body
SOMETIMES feels
More like a shack
Than a vessel
And I wonder why
GOD-GOD’S SPRIT
Would want to hang out with me
Let alone-LIVE INSIDE OF ME
Nevertheless he does
“LET all the earth
Fear the Lord
Let all the people
Of the world
REVERE HIM”
Psalm 33:8
Let the SPIRIT OF GOD
LIVE
NOT in this broken down body
But in GOD’S HEAVENLY VESSEL
For the spirit of God-IS LIFE
Fortunately for us
Our God IS USED to humble places
So these broken down bodies of ours
HE CAN TRANSFORM
HE is used to stables
HE is used to crosses
SO these broken down bodies of ours
ARE NOTHING NEW
And we are children
OF GOD
And he WILL NEVER EVER
FORGET US
“For in him
We live and move
And have our heavenly being
AS some of our own poets have said
‘WE ARE HIS OFFSPRING’”
Dear Lord-we pray
AS YOUR CHILDREN
To transform us
From earthly vessels
To heavenly bodies
To carry THE WORD OF GOD
“And we eagerly await
A Savior
From there- The Lord Jesus Christ
Who by the power
That enables him
To bring everything
UNDER his control
WILL TRANSFORM
OUR lowly bodies
So that
They will be like
HIS GLORIOUS BODY”
Philippians 3:21
Dear Lord
We pray that you
Take our earthly vessels
And make them into HEAVENLY BODIES
TO CARRY THE WORD OF GOD
Robert P. Wallman
7-30-13
Ps WITNESS 9-7-13
Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine
By Sister Kathryn James Hermes, F.S.P.
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