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Vessels For The Next Move
(Part 1)
Pastor Charles Omofomah
What do I mean by vessels for the next brought a good report. This time he chose tongues, as well as about the manifestations move? In talking about the move of God, we only two people to scout the land to enable of the gifts of the Spirit of God. are talking about the manifestation of God’s them bring down the walls of the city. The power or God’s glory on behalf of His people. next great move of God in their day was the The Israelites had experienced the power of Vessel refers to a tube or canal through which destruction of the walls of Jericho.
G o d i n ve r y t re m e n d o u s ways a n d
0luids pass.
dimensions, but they had not seen God pull For every move of God, there are always down a wall as thick as the wall of Jericho.
In the move of the Spirit of God, there is a people God will use and they will tap into the So, this was a new or strange move just like kind of vessel that the power of God will Plow benePit of that move while others will be left every one of us always has a next move in through. We are referring to the human in the last move. The walls of Jericho were our lives, where God is leading us. However, vessel that the power of God will Plow very, very thick, so much that if you used a there are certain qualities that we must through to manifest His glory in your life as bulldozer, it wouldn’t bring it down. exhibit to be sure that we are ready for the an individual, as a church or local assembly, Remember I just said something very next move. or to the Body of Christ.
important that in every move of God, some people will go to the next phase while others What kind of vessel will God likely use this
When the children of Israel left Egypt, things will remain in the last move of God.
time? There are three principal factors we
began to happen and God showed them
will be looking at and we will see certain
miracles, signs, and wonders as they went on For instance after the dark ages where the things that God did through these people for their way to the Promised Land. We see Roman Catholic Church took over and the His next move. another great thing about to happen as they gospel was not preached, Martin Luther prepared to enter Jericho and destroy the came out and began to preach salvation and Unlikely Vessels walls of the city with Joshua leading them in repentance through faith, which brought
1 Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two
our text.
people out of the dark ages. Later on there
men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly,
was another move where they began to talk
saying, “Go, view the land, especially
Joshua was one of the people who came back about sanctiPication and holiness after being with a good report when they were sent, so born again, and that is where the he knew what it meant to send people to go “Wesleyans” sprang from. and spy a land, he didn’t send many this time. I believe that he had learnt something After then, there were yet other move, which from his experience where ten of the twelve talked about the baptism of the Holy Ghost sent came back with an evil report, almost with the evidence of speaking in other drowning out the voice of the two that
Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there. Joshua 2:1
I believe that Joshua carefully chose the men who spied out the land because he remembered what had happened previously. He didn’t take the risk of choosing or
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selecting so many, only two who were wise
5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot
You are the vessel God wants to use. Smith
enough to lodge in a harlot’s house. In the
Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse...
Wigglesworth was a plumber who didn’t go
Matthew 1:5
next move of God, the vessel that God is going to use are unlikely vessels. God is doing great things and I believe this is a
to school or have an education; the reason he could speak English was because that’s
Jesus came through the lineage of Rahab the
where he was from, but outside that he harlot. Worse still, Rahab was not a Jew but a prophetic message meant for a few people. couldn’t read. Yet the earth is still looking for Gentile. Allow me show you why God uses a man of faith like Smith Wigglesworth unlikely vessels in the next verse. In the next move of God’s Spirit, the unlikely today. Do you know why? So that the persons are the ones He is going to use. So, brace up yourself because you are that person that God is about to use. Don’t underestimate yourself.
excellence of the power might be of God! But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 2 Corinthians 4:7
Respect The Ways Of God Those who would be involved in the next move of God not only respect, but protect
it is strange to know that of all the inns
the unlikely vessels and unlikely ways of
(lodges or hotels) in Jericho, they could
God. It was unpatriotic for Rahab to keep
only Pind shelter in the place of a harlot.
those men. It was against the spirit of
Stop saying they don’t know your
national interest, it wasn’t loyal of her to
background or where you are coming
protect people who came to spy and gather
from; you can be the next vessel.
knowledge on how to destroy the land. She was expected to stand with her country but
If backgrounds were a qualiPication, then I
she didn’t do that because she respected
shouldn’t have been the founding pastor of
God’s unlikely vessels and followed God’s
The Carpenter’s Church, Port Harcourt. Do
uncommon way. She did many foolish things
you know why? Apart from primary
because of that.
school, I went to all the “wrong schools.” In fact, I never even dreamt of going through
Firstly she lied to cover the spies when
school at all.
asked about their whereabouts, and
Even worse is that Pastor Nkechi should never have been the associate pastor, (now the presiding pastor) of The Carpenter’s Church, Port Harcourt. According to the Pentecostal tradition practiced in Nigeria, she shouldn’t because she is not my wife or sister or relative. How much more being the host of Freshdew on TV internationally? Interesting, but I guess that was why God chose her speciPically! It looks wrong for God to use a harlot; she’s not holy enough. When God chooses unlikely persons, He goes very far to pick His choice just to prove that He knows what He is doing.
The reason why God does what He does is that the power may be of Him, not you, not your background, what you’ve done or where you came from, so that the excellency of power might be of God, and not of man. All I’m saying to you is that you may look like the wrong person but you are the unlikely vessel. When God the Father chooses you, the power oozing from you is His surpassing power; it is not of you but of Him. I wish every pastor would realize the truth that it is not about their titles. The excellence of power revealed to pull down Jericho was of
immediately after that she begged to sign a covenant with them. How can you sign a covenant with somebody whose life is on the line? The reason could be that she was sensitive to know what God was doing then and what was His next move. She was ready to protect the next move of God against her country. The Bible records that the people of Jericho had heard about the Israelites and were terriPied. Many often say that it was the covenant that saved Rahab’s household but no, it was her yieldedness to what God was doing in the now.
God and not of Rahab.
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