When Holy Vessels Become Corrupted Altars
The one who bears God’s instruments must tremble at what he carries, for heaven entrusts weight that hell envies. To walk with God and work for Him is an honor beyond words, yet it is also a battlefield. The devil does not always fight you by stopping you; sometimes he fights you by corrupting what you carry.
Mammon, power, and position are subtle monsters that creep into the heart of the called. They do not announce themselves with horns; they enter dressed as opportunities, favor, and promotion. And before long, what was once a holy vessel becomes a polluted altar.
As God’s oracle, beware. There is a thin line between stewarding God’s Word and using it to feed self. There is a danger in carrying the ark without carrying the fear of the God of the ark. What makes you a vessel is not your gift but your surrender. What sustains your ministry is not the trend but the oil that abides.
Many have carried God’s instruments and, by trend, became agents of darkness. They failed to discern the difference between the eternal and the popular. Young man, hear this: what trends rarely lasts, and what lasts rarely trends. The applause of men is not the endorsement of heaven. The noise of a crowd is not the voice of God.
Man of God, watch it! Guard the instruments you carry with trembling. Guard your motives from the corruption of self-glory. Guard your heart from the intoxication of influence. If the enemy cannot take the mantle from your hand, he will try to stain it in your grip.
The weight you bear demands purity beyond convenience. Heaven measures not your reach but your reverence. And the God who called you still searches for vessels He can trust, not altars that have been corrupted by pride, mammon and trendy matters
Reference; Revelation 3:2, Romans 11:29
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