Daily Devotional by Max Lucado, Nov 6th

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

�the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks�

 

November 6

A Useful Vessel

 

�If you give up your life for me, you will find true life.�

Matthew 16:25 (NLT)

 

When you�re full of yourself, God can�t fill you.

 

But when you empty yourself, God has a useful vessel.  Your Bible overflows with examples of those who did.

 

In his gospel, Matthew mentions his own name only twice.  Both times he calls himself a tax collector.  In his list of apostles, he assigns himself the eighth spot.

 

John doesn�t even mention his name in his gospel.  The twenty appearances of �John� all refer to the Baptist.  John the apostle simply calls himself �the other disciple� or the �disciple whom Jesus loved.�

 

Luke wrote two of the most important books in the Bible but never once penned his own name.

 

 

From: Cure for the Common Life

Copyright (W Publishing Group, 2005)
Max Lucado