Reading: II Corinthians 4,5
My Verse: "But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us" (4:7).
What a beautiful verse! The amplified calls this treasure "the divine Light of the Gospel", because it is You Lord, inside us, empowering us to live as You would have us to live. "I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance." (John 10:10)
I garden. I also love using the clay pots, but they are so fragile. It doesn't seem to take much to crack one. So I fully get the analogy of our bodies as "jars of clay"! It is a most apt illustration. We are amazingly fragile.
Until I get this - the fact that I am unable to do anything on my own I am useless to You! I love how this verse was played out in Scripture, in history. You so often chose the seemingly less capable or unlovely to do Your most wondrous deeds, Lord.
David was the least of his brothers, yet he became a great warrior and king. Ruth, the Moabitess, of a most disreputable people becomes a part of Your linneage. Rahab, also was not of Your chosen people and was even a prostitute, yet she too became an ancestor of King David. Moses, was so certain he was not capable of what You asked of him, yet he led a mighty nation out of slavery in Egypt. And this goes on even to this day. You continue transforming and using the most unlikely characters to show "that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us!" It is the "divine Light" dwelling within us and working. "[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight." (Philippians 2:13)
I love it! Thank You, Lord. I pray that Your "divine Light" shines through this jar of clay ever so brightly!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us" (4:7).
What a beautiful verse! The amplified calls this treasure "the divine Light of the Gospel", because it is You Lord, inside us, empowering us to live as You would have us to live. "I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance." (John 10:10)
I garden. I also love using the clay pots, but they are so fragile. It doesn't seem to take much to crack one. So I fully get the analogy of our bodies as "jars of clay"! It is a most apt illustration. We are amazingly fragile.
Until I get this - the fact that I am unable to do anything on my own I am useless to You! I love how this verse was played out in Scripture, in history. You so often chose the seemingly less capable or unlovely to do Your most wondrous deeds, Lord.
David was the least of his brothers, yet he became a great warrior and king. Ruth, the Moabitess, of a most disreputable people becomes a part of Your linneage. Rahab, also was not of Your chosen people and was even a prostitute, yet she too became an ancestor of King David. Moses, was so certain he was not capable of what You asked of him, yet he led a mighty nation out of slavery in Egypt. And this goes on even to this day. You continue transforming and using the most unlikely characters to show "that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us!" It is the "divine Light" dwelling within us and working. "[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight." (Philippians 2:13)
I love it! Thank You, Lord. I pray that Your "divine Light" shines through this jar of clay ever so brightly!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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