INSPIRE Devotionals With Emmanuel Afiawari Monday, July 7, 2025 Topic: A BROKEN VESSEL! Memory Verse: "...As He sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. Then she broke the flask and poured it on His head" - Mark 14:3 NKJV Bible Text: 2 Timothy 2:20‭-‬21 NKJV 20. 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. 21. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. INSPIRATION: As a continuation from our yesterday's illustration from Mark 14: 3 about being broken in the place of worship, we must establish that being broke is not same as being broken. Someone can be broke but not broken, same way someone can be broken yet not broke. To be broke, on the one hand, is to lack money to spend, while to be broken, on the other hand, is to have a sobering disposition towards God. Some broke people have a sense of entitlement, they make unnecessary and unreasonable demands of others as if it is their rights; broken people approach from a sense of enjoying privileges they're not entitled to. Broken people understand what mercy means; they know life could have taken them out but for mercy! Psalm 32:1-2 aptly described a broken person and called them blessed: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit." A broken person is conscious that the just wage for his life was judgment but mercy covered for them. These kind of people do not approach before God anyhow but genuine worship is their lifestyle. A broken person lays everything bare before God, and draws strength from Him. They're not complicated, neither are they confused about what life is about or what they're doing. Their brokenness makes them more temperate, sensitive and discerning. Truly broken people become great assets after clearing the vagueness and lack of clarity. TODAY'S TAKE HOME: Being broke carries no glory but leaves you as a vessel of dishonour. But God wants you to be cleansed, sanctified and useful for Him, prepared for every good work. But the responsibility of purging yourself is yours to make and cannot be delegated. PRAYER: O Lord, please make me into that vessel that is found worthy and useful without minding how many times I've been spoilt before (Jere 18:4); cleanse me and make of me a vessel unto honour in Jesus name.

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