Chosen Vessel

By now you may have come to see that the over all title of this blog isn't just "Faith to Believe" but it is indeed "Chosen Vessle". Perhaps you have wondred why I would choose such a strange name. Yes it is creative, but my reasons go a lot deeper than that.

If you don't all ready know, this blog was created for a special friend of mine. A friend who is not a believer and follower of Jesus. Her name is Chelsey. I had this conversation with Chelsey once. We were talking about the different meaning of our names. She mentioned how much she hated her name as well as the meaning, that it was "dumb" The meaning of Chelsey literally means "Port of ship, Vessle" I didn't really think much of it and actually agreed how unfortunate that meaning was.

A little while after that, I was on my computer randomly typing names in to a baby name search engine online when I came across the meaning of Chelsey. Indeed it read "Port of Ship, Vessle". I didn't think much of it until one night at a prayer meeting at my church, I was praying for Chelsey. God gave me this word for her. Perhaps you Read it at the top of my blog. This verse is found in Acts. It's when Ananias was being told by God to go to Paul. It reads "Go for He is a chosen vessle of mine to bear my name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel." Immediately I was stopped at the words "chosen vessle" It was then God brought to mind the meaning of Chelsey's name. "Port of Ship, Vessle" Needless to say I just stared at the page with my mouth wide open. I couldn't believe it. No longer do I believe the meaning of her name is insignificant.

Now if you know the story of Paul, you know that word, that verse, is a direct prophetic word of Paul's life. Paul did indeed preach to Israel, Kings, and Gentiles. That was his mission. I am believing that this is indeed Chelsey's mission. Through this verse God was telling me that Chelsey was indeed going to do some great things for God. Her life would indeed resemble that of Paul's. She will reach many. I don't have a number at all, but it excites me to think of the day she accepts Christ, cause I know that day is coming, and when it does more souls are going to be saved because of it.

Chelsey is a chosen vessle for for God. She doesn't know it yet...She has no idea just what that could even mean. But I know that my God has a far greater plan for her life than anyone could imagine. Chelsey is a Chosen Vessle. She is chosen by God.