"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV)
The temple was lovely and beautiful (Psalm 84:1) because a lovely and beautiful God dwelt inside it. So it is with us in this age of grace; it is not our physical characteristics that make us lovely, it is the Presence of a beautiful God within us. God does not dwell in a temple made by human hands, but He does dwell in bodies created by Himself inside mother's wombs and recreated by Himself by the washing and rebirth of the Spirit (Titus 3:5).
We are jars of clay; we come from the dust of the earth and we return to the dust of the earth. We are changeable and molded easily by outside pressure. We are used for several purposes throughout our short lives, some noble purposes are some not. Yet God, in His grace and wisdom chose to put the Treasure that is Himself inside these jars of clay.
I think of Gideon and the torches his men carried with clay jars over the torch (Judg. 7). At the right time, they broke their jars and blew their trumpets and the LORD brought about a great victory. This is the method we are to use today. We are to break our jar of clay, for we are to die to ourselves and the more we break ourselves and reduce ourselves, the greater the light of the Treasure within us will shine. The light shone the brightest in Stephen as his clay jar was destroyed by his enemies. May we decrease and God increase in our lives this day.
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