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We Ourselves
Are Like Fragile Clay Jars
Containing This Great Treasure
Our
granddaughter Sierra used to say of her Great Grandmother “MeMaw” (Kathy’s Mom,
Hazel Bearden) that she was “breakable”. We all laughed when Sierra said it,
but it was so true! It is also very true of you and it is very true of me.
What
happened in Paris should be a reminder of just how fragile and short life on
this planet really is! Life is fragile no matter what our age and no matter
where we live! It was not the elderly that died in the Paris attack. It was the
young.
Scripture
7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
Observation
Our
granddaughter Sierra used to say of her Great Grandmother “MeMaw” (Kathy’s Mom,
Hazel Bearden) that she was “breakable”. We all laughed when Sierra said it,
but it was so true! It is also very true of you and it is very true of me. We
are extremely breakable!
The
older that we get the more “breakable” we become!
What
happened in Paris should be a reminder of just how fragile and short life on
this planet really is! Life is fragile no matter what our age and no matter
where we live! It was not the elderly that died in the Paris attack. It was the
young.
We
are breakable!
In
fact, we are not only breakable we are already broken. Sin has already damaged
the fragile clay jar! Our earth suits are wearing out!
We
have the light of Jesus Christ shining in our lives! We have this great
treasure shining out from our breakable-fragile clay jar bodies! So that there
is no mistake that our power is from God, not from ourselves.
This is the time for Christians to shine with the
power of Jesus Christ!
Application
I
will live out this week confident of the Great Power, God’s Holy Spirit, Who
lives within me. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, this world is not my home. I am just passing through. I realize that
evil is constantly at work all around me, but I am not afraid. Greater is He
that is in me than he that is in this world. Our faith will be tested. We will
experience persecution. But as I am under attack I will hold on to all of Your
promises.
"I have told you these things, so
that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take
heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:33
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 3,4,5,6
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