Psalm 31: 1-12

Title of this scripture portion is Broken Vessels

This world is a competitive world. Right from the schooling. You compete with fellow people.

Even John and James were competing with rest of disciples. 

We compete in SAT scores.You go to jobs, companies select best of the candidates .

There is no place for the weak candidates.

This world likes successful people. It rejects failures.
World does not choose weakest of candidates.
There is no place for broken people in the world.

God is not a man. He does not operate how man operates.

His ways are higher than mans ways.

David was a man who has seen brokenness in life.

Ignored man.
As a youngster, nobody would invite him for a prayer that's happening in his home. 

We don't know how many programs like this he would have been ignored.

Today are you ignored and feel like a Broken vessel, Do not worry, even David was broken as he was ignored by his own family.There is a brokenness.

I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me.
Psalms 31:11 NKJV

John 5:

3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, [b]paralyzed, [c]waiting for the moving of the water.

so many broken people.

The man with infirmity for 38 years , not only had physical brokenness but had relational brokeness.

Brokenness by sins of others.

David killed Goliath, but immediately he saw brokenness because of Saul's jealousy.

Sarah was mocked by Hagar because Hagar got a child  but Sarah did not.

Hannah was mocked by Elkanah.

Brokenness when we stand for Word of God.

And because David determined not to rebel against his authority, he has to go through brokenness.

There might be times when you might have said , Even if people oppose, you say I will do what Gods Word say, you might see brokenness in your life.

David also say  he was broken because of his iniquity.

V 10

For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away. 

Psalms 31:10 NKJV

Sometimes we see brokenness because of own weakness.

David is a perfect representation of an imperfect and broken man.

The world rejects broken people. But Jesus embraces the broken people.

While Jesus walked on this Earth , He touched people from various walks of life.

Poor
Lame
Blind
Paralyzed
5 times Divorced

All kinds of broken people .

But He makes broken vessels into Vessel of Honor.

Can your worship today be , God I come to you , I turn to you.
Here I am with my brokenness.
Heal me, build me into a vessel of honor.


2 Timothy 2:21

21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, [h]sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.