this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us"
2 Corinthians 4:7
Once you believe in Me, I come to live My life in you. One of My favorite thing is getting to live in lots of different kinds of people. Then the world sees Me in an amazing variety of human packages: large, small, young, old, tall, short, educated, and uneducated. It's out a rich, delicious liquid into an assortment of different containers; clay pots, plastic glasses, crystal, pitchers, and pottery mugs. They are all filled with the same stuff-- My Spirit but each one is unique.
Some of my container evenhave a few holes and cracks. But I love My crackpots, too! They allow My Spirit to leak out on all the people around them! Let Me fill you up to overflowing.
When you buy a nice piece of jewelry. It is often tucked into a setting of black or dark colored velvet. I think it's designed that way so that your attention is immediately drawn to the beauty of the jewelry, if the packaging were highly decorated. It would complete with the beauty of the treasure.
It remind me of Paul's comments about the ministry of Jesus through us, when he said, "we have this treasure in Jars of clay" (2Cor. 4:7). It's easy to forget that we are the packaging and His work is the meadure. So we adorn our jars of clay. Taking credit for the things we do to serve Christ. We seek
to bring glory to ourselves when we've forgiven someone, or shown mercy, or given generously. The problem is, when we start seeking affirmation and praise for good deeds, we compete with the brilliance of the treasure of God working through us.
When we do things for Christ, it's not about us but about His glory. The less obvious we are the more brilli t He bevomes. Which is why, Paul says the treasure has been put in jars of clay so that God would be the one to be glorified. Besides, since we are jars of clay sigmificant? It's what's inside that counts
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