Intended Use!

Though we have continued to have some beautiful days, they have been starting out with a good hard frost because of our clear night skies. Such cold mornings mean before my wife and I head off to our respective offices we have to scrape the ice from the windows of our vehicles. Last night as we came home from the store, noticing we once again had very clear skies, I commented that we would be scraping windows in the morning. My wife then stated, “It’s too bad we don’t have one of those things that protects the car so we don’t have to scrape.” And I responded, “You mean a garage?”

What my wife was referring to was a plastic tarp that can be placed over the windshield of the car to shield it from the moisture that collects, freezes and turns to ice. In the morning it can be removed to reveal a clear, dry windshield, thus being spared the time it takes standing in the cold scraping the ice off. However, a garage in which to park a car at night is the best protection. We had to laugh at my response because we do have a garage, but it is full of so much stuff there is no room to park either of our two vehicles.

Perhaps you have received one of those “Only In America” lists via e-mail. One of the statements on such a list refers to the idea that where else would you find people parking an expensive vehicle on the street or in the driveway while locking up all their “junk” in a garage? How many things do we seem to get backwards? The truth is our garage is not serving the PURPOSE for which it was built!

When it comes to our individual lives, do we find ourselves cluttering it up with so much “junk” there is difficulty in finding suitable space for that which is of real value? Just like a house or garage where there are many things stored away which vary greatly in value and usefulness, so it can be with our lives.

Paul noted…
“(20) Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. (21) Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, SET APART AS HOLY, USEFUL TO THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE, READY FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.” (2 Timothy
2:20-21 ESV)

It is important for us to take a close look at our lives and see where there is the necessity of some “house” cleaning. We need to move out the “junk” so that we may truly live our lives for the HOLY PURPOSES for which God created and called us. As we acknowledge that our lives are set on the foundation of the truth of Jesus Christ, let us keep in mind the godly PURPOSES which are to be associated with our day to day activities. May we become more and more a VESSEL FOR HONORABLE USE in the hands of God as we allow Him to be the Master of our lives.

Have a great day BEING PUT TO HOLY USE!
Carl

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