God Doesn't Need You Cleaned Up First

You'll quit the drinking first. Get the anger under control. Clean yourself up a little — then bring God in once things look more presentable.

God's not waiting for that. God doesn't need that.

At the wedding in Cana, Jesus didn't ask anyone to empty the waterpots. He didn't tell the servants to scrub them out or swap them for clean ones. Those pots had been used for purification rites — everybody coming through that door had been washing their hands in them. They were full of other people's filth.

And Jesus said fill them up. Just like that. Dirty pot and all.

What came out was the best thing anyone at that wedding had ever tasted.

Nobody at that wedding cared about fermentation. Jesus didn't need a clean vessel to produce something good. He needed a willing one.

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels" in 2 Corinthians 4:7 isn't a motivational metaphor — it's a doctrinal statement. The power is not of yourself. It's of God.

You've been trying to fix the pot. Pour out the bad water. Talk nicer. Think better. Try harder.

Let Him in dirty.

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Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee

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