The Shofar

I am so thankful to awake in the mornings with a song upon my heart and Jesus on my mind.  This morning I want to talk a little about "The Shofar".  The Shofar is a unique musical instrument often referred to as a trumpet.  It was most often made from a ram's horn  and was used by the Hebrews to sound the alarm in times of battle and for various other religious purposes. The first mention of the Shofar was in Exodus when God spoke to the people from Mt. Sinai.

Exodus 19: 17-19

17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

In order for the Shofar to make a loud, clear sound, it must always be free of any obstructions.  If anything were clogging it up, then the warning may not be loud enough for all the people to hear the alarm.  Have you ever considered that we as Christian's are God's living, breathing "Shofars".  If you are a born again Christian, then the Holy Ghost dwells in you and you have become a "Shofar". God will use you to sound the alarm, to warn the people that a battle is coming and in order for God to use you for his purpose you too must be free of all obstructions in your life such as bitterness, hatred, anger, un-forgiveness, or any other thing that draws you away from God. You must become a vessel of honor and God will use you for his purpose.  Timothy told the people to clear themselves of anything that would clog them up so they would be prepared for God's use.  

II Timothy 2:20-21

 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

As a Christian, I want to be all that God has called me to be.  I want to be used in his service as I'm sure you do.  We must strive to clear our lives of anything that is not of God and fill our lives with the fruits of his spirit and he will use us to be his "Shofar".

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Kathy Wellman

Reference: King James Bible