Earthen vessels. Jars of clay. Chipped tea mugs. Cracked pottery. Not very pretty on the outside. Just about ready to be thrown out. Seemingly useless.
Who would use that kind of vessel to do an important task? One would think that to do as serious a job as spreading the gospel. Only the best and most able and most influential people to do the job. God would use the wise and the strong and the powerful and the influential. He would use vessels of gold and silver and the finest material.
But God uses vessels made of clay. Things that are fragile and easily broken. Things that are prone to cracks and cracking and chipping and wear. If you use pottery daily it is probably going to get worn.
That’s what God uses in us. God uses the weal and the foolish and not less prestigious things to do his work.
Why does God use the unusable? Why does He flawed and broken people to do His work?
He does it so that people can see the power of God and be drawn to Him. God works in impossible situations in people’s lives because He is not willing that any should perish. He does so people will realise that He, not any man, can provide hope.
Let us rejoice that he chooses to use people like us.
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