EMPTY VESSEL
I was asked the other day by my spiritual advisor how I would describe my relationship with God. After much discussion in which I finally said I had a hard time articulating what I felt, he asked me, "Then, how will you tell the people that you minister to how to relate to Jesus?"As I sat there thinking, a thought came to me. "You are an empty vessel, which fills and is poured out only when needed."
How true that is! When I try to come up with the words to say to others, I frequently fail. It is only when I let the Spirit work through me that the right words come. I can usually tell when they are the right words because I don't remember them clearly afterward.
It is a humbling thought to know that your best work comes, not at your beck and call, but only when God works through you. My challenge is to find the ways in which I can allow that to happen, unimpeded by my own efforts.
Originally posted on February 26, 2010
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